A/N) Okay, so I'm sorry about being a week late... I've trouble trying to find time to type. But yeah. I hope you're excited to find out what happens! Review please... :)
InuYasha followed Miroku, then stopped as well upon seeing Sango in her current state. The silver-haired teen stepped forth and pulled Miroku out of his trance.
"Roku c'mon."
Miroku stepped forward and grabbed Sango, cradling her tender body in his arms. He wrapped her up in the dirty blankets, to save time, and proceeded to stand with her in his arms. "Yash, grab her backpack," he said, pointing to Sango's recognizable pink bag in the corner of the room.
InuYasha grabbed the bag and the two raced out of the apartment.
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The two were relieved the trip out of the apartment was significantly easier than the trip inside, and were even more relieved Koga had been smart enough to guide Katsuro to the opposite side of the building. Miroku got into the backseat with Sango and laid her down, extremely carefully. He opened her backpack, pulling out the first few articles of clothing he found, and quickly, but efficiently put the clothes on her body. She was soon successfully clad in only a dark blue American Apparel tank top and PINK sweat pants, but still completely unconscious.
"Is she-" InuYasha wondered from the front seat.
"She's breathing, barely, but breathing," Miroku answered before InuYasha could finish. "We need to get her to a hospital."
"She might as well live at one," InuYasha stated.
Koga made his way back to the car, quickly, as Katsuro walked back into the building. Miroku handed him the keys and he drove as quickly as he could out of sight from the building.
"Where am I going?" Koga wondered.
"Go to the Woman's Health Clinic on South Street," Miroku said, "That's where her regular doctor is."
"Why don't we just take her back to the ER?" InuYasha asked.
"She's not the biggest fan of hospitals," Miroku reminded, "plus, the clinic is closer."
"Okay, I'll go to the clinic."
/
About ten minutes later, Koga pulled into the parking lot of the clinic. Miroku got out, carrying Sango tightly in his arms. He approached the front desk, the woman behind the counter looking frightened.
"Hi, this is Sango Taijiya, and to make a really long story short, she's unconscious and I'm not sure how or why," He quickly explained, "her regular doctor is," he paused, trying to remember the name the older woman he'd met a few months back, "Kaede."
"We can't take her without an appointment," the young woman began to explain before she was interrupted by just the doctor Miroku was waiting to see.
"Did you say Sango Taijiya?"
Miroku nodded, "mhmm. Yeah, that's her."
"Bring her back," the elderly doctor instructed. Miroku nodded, carrying Sango through the doors, Koga and InuYasha following close behind.
"Thanks so much, Ma'am," Miroku said to Kaede as the doctor led the group to an examination room down the hall.
"Anything for Sango. Now, tell me what's happened," Kaede shut the door and prepared to write everything that Miroku was about to tell.
Miroku, InuYasha, and Koga told Kaede everything they knew about what had happened. They assumed the reason that Sango was unconscious was because Katsuro had done something to her, but they couldn't be one-hundred percent sure.
"I'll need to check her. If you boys don't mind taking a seat out in the hall. I'll come and get you when I've finished."
/
Miroku paced as Kaede examined Sango.
"Miroku, you've gotta take it easy," Koga pressed.
"What if he did something to the baby?" Miroku feared.
"Well, we'll find out soon enough," Koga replied, flipping through a magazine.
"Yeah, it's no use in getting all worked up about it. The best thing you can do is stay calm and hope for the best," InuYasha added.
Kaede stepped out of the room, looking at the three boys. "Well, she's very malnourished and dehydrated. And she's suffered some light head trauma. Something has struck her on her forehead. I think, just an educated guess, the reason she passed out, was a combination of exhaustion and hunger. Also, there are obvious signs of forced penetration. I've hooked her up to a local IV, and I recommend you keep her here overnight so I can monitor her."
"And the baby?" Miroku wondered.
"I performed a quick ultrasound, the baby wasn't moving, but I was able to pick up it's heartbeat," Kaede told him. "Most likely, she's not moving because the mother hasn't been moving."
"Will Sango be okay?" InuYasha asked.
"As of right now, I can only make an educated guess. I believe she'll pull through just fine. But things could take a turn for the worse. You three were right to bring her here, and to get her out of that boys house when you did. I suggest you three go home. I'll keep a good eye on her."
The three nodded, turning away.
"Thank you, Kaede," Miroku told the doctor before leaving.
"There is nothing I wouldn't do for that girl," Kaede replied, smiling.
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Miroku barely slept that night. He rolled around in his bed for hours, uncomfortable and thinking about Sango and her baby. He slid out from under his warm covers at around 2:00 AM and walked into the kitchen, planning to fix himself a cup of tea, only to find InuYasha already raiding the refrigerator.
"What are you doing?" Miroku asked the silver-haired teenager as he tried to pick up some of the foods that were flying out of the fridge.
"We don't have any vanilla bean ice cream," InuYasha stated frantically.
"Yeah, and-?"
"That's Sango's favorite! She's going to want it when she comes back, and we're all out!"
"Yash, calm down, we'll get some tomorrow, relax," Miroku tried to console his frantic best friend, to no avail.
"But what if-"
"Yash! She's not coming home right now, It's okay!" Miroku finally yelled, causing InuYasha to stare in shock. He sat down on the floor in front of the still open refrigerator, and stared at the cupboard. "Do you want some tea?"
The addressed nodded.
"What were you looking for in the fridge?" Miroku asked as he began to start the teapot.
InuYasha shrugged.
"Yash, I'm worried, too. She's the most important person in the world to me now. I never thought I'd ever feel this way about a girl, but she's more than I'd ever thought I'd get. I don't want to lose her, either. But staying up all night looking for nonexistent ice cream isn't going to do anyone any good."
InuYasha sighed.
Miroku stood and finished off the tea, then poured a cup for himself and InuYasha.
"Here, it's chamomile and lavender. Sango's favorite. It helps her sleep."
"Thanks."
"She'll be okay. She's been through worse."
InuYasha shook his head, "you didn't hear her on the phone, Miroku. She sounded so helpless. So scared. And then he came on the line. I think he threw her against a wall or something, I dunno. He deserves to go to jail. Even worse. He deserves to-"
"Don't say it. Yash, I know exactly what you mean, but if you say that and then something were to happen to him-"
"He doesn't deserve to live, Miroku. After what he's done to her. You heard the doctor, 'forced penetration.' Miroku, do you even know what that means? That's fancy talk to for rape. He raped her. And probably more than once. And he hurt her, and the baby. That's the only reason he wanted her to stay with him. He was trying to get rid of the baby because he thinks it's his. That son of a bitch can rot in Hell for all I care."
Miroku didn't respond. He sighed lightly, standing up and began to walk back towards his room. "Do me a favor and close the fridge."
/
Sango woke up, Katsuro's dirty room surrounding her. She felt different, like she was light and everything seemed surreal. Voices rang through her ears and into her sore head, "Sango, are you okay?" She looked down and noticed her stomach, and screamed and the sight of it being flat. Throwing her hands to her middle, she prayed her baby was okay and ran out of Katsuro's bedroom, only to discover she was in her old bedroom- the one she lived in at Izanagi and Chikako's. Panicking, she fell to her knees. She began to hear the screaming and crying of a newborn infant in the distance, but she couldn't bring herself to stand up and find the source. She tried to call out for help, but her own voice was nothing more than a pitiful whisper. The crying got louder and rang through her ears like sirens, and she only wanted it to stop. She wanted to do something to help. She looked around in the tattered shadows to discover that she was the only one in the room. There was no one around to find her. She was alone. She fell to the dark floor and sobbed as the infant cries turned to whimpers and stranger's voices rang through her head, "Go away Sango," "wake up Sango," "wake up."
Her eyes opened, then immediately shut at the harsh white light in the room. She took a broken breath
and tried to say something, but was interrupted.
"She's moving." It was a familiar voice to her.
"Sango? Are you okay?"
Her head was sore and she was dying for a drink of water, but she nodded- her eyes still closed tight. She slowly opened them, allowing them to adjust to the light. She cautiously looked around the room, for signs of the people the voices were coming from, and when she saw her three closest friends standing in the corner, she thought she was dreaming.
"Miroku?" She asked, her voice hoarse and raspy.
He smiled at her, "would you like some water?"
She nodded, and he took a few steps to her and guided a cup of icy cool water to her lips and into her mouth- it felt as if she hadn't drank anything in days. He helped her sit up and she looked around a little more, very unfamiliar with the setup of her current room.
"Where am I?" She wondered.
"The Woman's Clinic, Dr. Kaede's office," Miroku answered.
"But, the last thing I remember is being at Katsuro's," Sango said.
"You don't remember calling me?" InuYasha chimed from a few steps behind Miroku. "We came and got you out of there. And Kaede filed a police report against Katsuro."
"He's going to be in a lot a trouble, for a long time," Koga finished.
"You guys didn't have to do that. You don't know what he has in his apartment- he could've killed you."
"I'd do anything for you, Sango," Miroku smiled to her.
"You should've seen him. He was going crazy trying to track you down," InuYasha told her.
"You've got one hell of a boyfriend," Koga added, "you sure are lucky."
"Thank you guys, so much," Sango smiled, tears welling in her eyes. She couldn't imagine what would've happened if they hadn't have come to get her.
/
Kaede was in later that day to perform an ultrasound on Sango.
"Let's see how the little one is, shall we?"
Sango nodded as the gel was applied to her midsection. Kaede pressed the wand over her abdomen, and they both looked to the screen. Miroku, InuYasha, and Koga were waiting patiently in the corner of the room.
"There she is, you can see she's sucking her thumb," Kaede pointed to the screen.
Sango smiled at the sight of the small life on the screen. Tears welled in her eyes at the thought that she'd almost lost it only hours before. "She's okay?"
"She's great. Doing better than you even. She doesn't realize what you went through. All she wants is to be loved and nurtured. And only you can do that for her right now, child," Kaede told Sango, beginning to wipe off the gel.
"Thanks so much for everything," Sango said to the older woman.
"I'd do anything for you, Dear. You remind me of someone very close to me."
"I do?"
Kaede nodded.
Sango smiled, placing her hands on her midsection.
"Would you like something to eat?"
"A sandwich would be great," She nodded.
"I'll get one to you right away."
"Thanks, Kaede."
