A/N: sorry for not updating as soon as I normally do. Hopefully this chap makes up for it! x
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Chapter twenty-eight: not my baby!
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"Not ready ..." she whimpered as Soi was giving their details to the operator at the hospital, Yoruichi stared down at the bedclothes. Her side was soaked, right through to the mattress! She whimpered and the realised what it was. It wasn't water ... it was blood.
Yoruichi whimpered continuously as her muscles screamed in agony as they contracted like razorblades within her stomach. Tears poured from her sore eyes as she clutched her stomach, the ambulance's sirens ringing within her eyes. Paramedic's lifted her into the back of the ambulance on a stretcher, her limbs shaking as she tried to see where Soi was. "Where is Soi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i?" she wailed lashing out aggressively at the paramedic. She was placed on the bed in the back. She screamed again when the paramedic grabbed her wrist roughly and forced some morphine into her bloodstream. It took immediate effect and she was soon passed-out in the back of the ambulance just as Soi climbed in. Upon seeing an unconscious Yoruichi in the bed, Soi's temper immediately enflamed.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?" she raged as another paramedic forced her to sit down and calm her nerves.
"We have injected her with morphine to stop the pain. She must have been very stressed recently; she's wiped out"
"Do you …" Soi swallowed past the lump that had arisen in her throat as the memory of the blood-soaked sheets swam through her mind "do you know what … wrong w-with her?"
"Not juts yet" the paramedic shook his head while the driver pulled away from the house and started racing in the direction of the hospital. Soi felt awful as she looked down at Yoruichi and held her hand, placing a wet kiss to her lover's warm skin. She sniffed lightly as tears were unleashed from her eyes "this is all m-my f-fault" she sobbed her voice cracking as more tears descended down her cheeks. She stroked Yoruichi's purple hair and kissed her forehead "you'll be fine … you'll b-b-b-be fine I p-promise". By the time the arrived at the hospital Soi was grateful for the small sense of peacefulness that accompanied the silence. Those ambulance sirens had given her one hell of a headache. She rubbed her temples and watched with fearful grey eyes as the paramedic's lifted Yoruichi onto the pavement and then rushed her inside. Soi followed as a heavy pace as she was blinded by the white clinical corridors of the hospital, the florescent lights worsening her headache. She was out of breath by the time she entered Yoruichi's private ward. She was shocked at what she found. Yoruichi was still in her blood-soaked pyjamas, head lolled onto one shoulder, eyes closed to the world. The doctors and nurses were merely standing by her bedside … chatting?!!! NOW Soi was thoroughly pissed off. "HEY!" she yelled startling the conscious occupants of the room with her booming voice "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" she raged, her knuckles turning white from where she was clenching her fists so tightly that she could feel her nails cutting into her palm. Her wife was currently bleeding to death and they were talking! Who the fuck did they think they were?
"Ah Miss Fon you made it" a doctor rolled his eyes at her before shoving a clipboard into her hand "fill these out and sign them"
Soi threw the clipboard over her shoulder without a second's hesitation "in case it has escaped your attention, which it couldn't have seeing as you're wearing glasses, but my wife is bleeding to death over there! HELP HER FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" Soi screamed watching her spit land on his cheek. The doctor wiped his cheek with a disgusted look on his face.
"We have already diagnosed the problem"
"Then what the fuck is wrong with her?" Soi snarled aggressively. The doctor did not stand down; however it was evident in his eyes that he was becoming terribly scared of the small woman in front of him, screaming her lungs out.
He readjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and took a calming breath "it appears that due to the increase in 'stress' recently, according to your paperwork, the infants umbilical chord has detached itself from the placenta in Yoruichi-san's womb. This is the cause for the dramatic loss of blood"
"Can you help her? Stop the bleeding? Anything?" Soi pleaded restlessly. The answers were not good enough. She needed her lover to be conscious and getting tended to. When the doctor didn't reply Soi felt rage spark within her once again as she gripped the front of his hospital coat and lifted his three feet off the floor and pinning him to the wall. "I SAID HELP HER AND YOU'RE FUCKING WELL GONNA DO IT BEFORE I RIP YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF AND FEED IT TO THE CATS!!!"
"Mmm … Soi Fon …?" all occupants turned to face Yoruichi who was stirring in the bed, looking frightfully pale compared to her usual healthy, chocolate glow. Soi dropped the doctor, who landed in a crumbled heap on his knees, and raced to the head of the bed and took hold of Yoruichi's hand. "… Soi … I'm not … n-not ready …" Yoruichi whimpered feeling uncomfortable as the blood on her trouser began to dry.
"I know sweetie I know" Soi soothed squeezing her lover's hand. "I called Kisuke and the others before I left … they're bringing Unohana in case we need her help" Yoruichi merely nodded as another contraction ripped through her.
"!!!" Yoruichi's hand instinctively tightened due to the pain, however she was holding Soi's hand at the time and …
CRACK!
Soi bit her bottom lip so hard she could taste blood in her mouth, she removed Yoruichi's vice-like grip from her own hand and sniffed at her broken index finger. "Y-Yoruichi …" she whimpered as the doctor behind her snickered lightly but disguised it as a coughing fit. "Yeah that better be a cold you have otherwise my good fist is gonna break your nose" Soi threatened darkly over her shoulder, and smirked when the doctor backed up to the door.
"I'll go and get you a hospital gown" he stated and fled the room. The nurses drew the curtains between Soi and Yoruichi so that they could undress her. Soi growled at the thought of those trampy nurses touching her Yoruichi. She growled evilly and when the doctor returned with the hospital gown there was no way in hell he was going to see Yoruichi naked, so she snatched the garment from him and kicked him back out into the corridor. She sneered at the spot where he once stood before coughing loudly. The curtain whisked back to reveal Yoruichi being washed by the other nurse. Soi felt a jealous flush creep up the nape of her neck. "Uh … her hospital gown is here" Soi stated numbly not really sure of how to sound. Her arm shook as she extended the garment to the nurse.
The nurse took the gown and smiled "we're almost done just need to dress her now" Soi nodded and watched with wide, panicked eyes as Yoruichi disappeared behind the pale green curtain. The five minutes it took to clothe Yoruichi seemed to tick by an eternity on Soi's side of the curtain. She began pacing like she always did when she was frightened and could not do anything else to help. She felt so useless. She growled raking her not-so-thick blue hair out of her eyes. Her attention was snapped up when the nurses drew the curtain back and stepped towards the door. Soi felt relieved … a little. She bolted to Yoruichi's beside and took her limp hand.
"You're going to be fine" she breathed looking down at Yoruichi lying on her back. She looked up at the nurses "Arigatou" They bowed their heads with tight smiles. Then the doctor had to rush in with a new drip. Without even looking up from his notes, he walked over to Yoruichi, took out the drip and carefully switched it with Yoruichi empty one. At Soi's suspicious frown he rolled his eyes.
"We can not let her get dehydrated" he stated simply before adjusting his glasses "now Ms. Fon"
"Hai?"
"As the bleeding had subsided, for now, we are going to need your permission that if anything was to go wrong during the birth then we will do what WE think is best for either Yoruichi or the baby"
Soi snorted disrespectfully. This was why she never liked hospitals; they always thought they were right just because some ancient scientist said so. She shook her head with a smirk "I don't think so"
The Doctor, Khing, frowned "what do you mean, Ms. Fon? This could save her"
"And it could kill her" Soi countered. His eyes were downcast as Soi licked her lips and continued "you lot will do everything you can to keep them BOTH alive, got it?" she snarled.
"Ms. Fon-"
"Got … It?"
Khing sighed and bowed his head "hai Fon-san" he cursed under his breath as he left the room to prepare for Yoruichi's scans. Soi made a rude finger-gesture at his back as he left before turning to face Yoruichi. She truly looked awful, the extreme loss of blood had caused her skin to grow pale, her eyelids were closed and her hair was curling from where the sweat was drying. She sat down in a chair at the head of her wife's bed and placed her head in her hands. This was not good. She began to sob when an agonised groan ripped through Yoruichi's lips. She looked up with watery eyes to see her lover twisting in pain, her stomach gripped in her hands. Soi smashed her fist against the "help" button over Yoruichi's bed and stood to wipe her lover's purple hair out of her eyes.
"Yoruichi … how are you feeling?"
"So … much … p-pain …" Soi watched as another sharp contraction threatened to rip her lover wide apart. She gripped Yoruichi's hand reassuringly and then wished she hadn't.
"Yoruichi … m-my … hand-OW!"
"Gomen Soi-cha-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-n!!!"
Soi cringed at the screaming. Yoruichi's hand was crushing her very bones. A team of doctors came in and injected Yoruichi with some pain killers, mild ones so as not to harm the baby. Yoruichi barely relaxed her grip enough for Soi to free her half-crushed hand. As the contraction subsided Yoruichi lay on her back panting for breath. Two nurses helped Soi get her into a half-sitting position so that she would be more comfortable. "Yoru-chan!" the yell was so surprising that the doctor's glasses flew off his nose in shock. Soi turned to the door and was relieved to see Kisuke accompanied with Inoue and Unohana.
"Thank goodness we got here in time!" Unohana stated as she took a position beside the half-conscious Yoruichi and began conducting some tests. She hummed in thought through pursed lips. Yoruichi groaned, sweat dripping on her pillow. It felt as if some had their hands inside her stomach and was knotting everything around. She wanted to throw-up. Unohana straightened up to face Soi "she will not be able to give birth as easily as I would have hoped" Soi had been afraid of that ever since Yoruichi had started bleeding in the middle of the night "there is also a fifty-fifty chance that one or both of them will die" Soi's heart shattered there and then as she drank in Unohana's words and stared down at Yoruichi. She could lose her beautiful wife whom she cherished beyond everything, along with their unborn baby boy in her womb. She cringed not wanting to think about it. Unohana placed a tender hand on Soi's shoulder. Soi jerked it off. "Soi-chan please, I know this cannot be easy for you. But I swear by my soul I will try and do everything I can to keep them both alive"
"Arigatou Unohana-san" Soi muttered bowing her head to shield her tears.
Kisuke hugged Soi against his chest as they stood at the head of Yoruichi's bed "by the way, Soi, I … uh … invited someone to see Yoruichi I hope that's okay?"
Soi sniffed and looked up at him with confusion swimming behind her tears "who did you-?"
"There is no way in this lifetime or the next that we're going to let you stay in the same ROOM as our daughter" Kisuke cringed as Soi looked over her shoulder and felt her heart throb painfully in her tight chest, for in the doorway stood Yoruichi's parents, and neither one looked happy to see Soi there.
A/N: Oh no what will Yoruichi's parents do? :S stay tuned for next chap! Reviwes are welcome!
