Chapter 29: Sickly Heir
The God of Health sighed as he took the heir's temperture, "High...very high..."
"How?" Epinard asked and Kurou spoke, "His immune system is weak, so weak that his small time being kidnapped and being without medicine that he got sick."
"Why won't his strenght come back?"
"We're not sure." The God of Medicine spoke and looked down as Vesta asked, "Could Scarlet be out?"
"Scarlet?"
"Scarlet is the heir's true form, Kenji." Kurou spoke and the God of Medicine frowned, "Does he weaken him?"
"Very much so. The heir takes a special medicine every week or so to calm him down. Before this, the heir sometimes fell into comas."
Kenji sighed, "How can we tell?"
"By this..." Kurou pulled a knife out and tried to go towards the heir. He gasped as an orb of light blocked him, "Dammit..." He cursed, "Just as I suspected...!"
He turned away from Yumoto and grabbed a needle and some medicine.
The gods in the room watched as the heir was injected with the medicine and the light stopped.
"Scarlet is gone..." Kurou spoke and pushed his glasses up as Yumoto's eyes opened.
"How are you?"
"C-cold."
"Yes, I know...you're showing signs of sickness."
Yumoto groaned and Kenji pulled out an IV bag and a small bag of blood.
"I'm sorry, your vital signs are super low." Kenji spoke and Yumoto hissed as he was attached to the IV bag and on his same arm the blood bag.
"W-why..? I don't need...extra blood..."
"You do. You lost a lot in the past few days."
Yumoto groaned and Kurou sighed, "You must sleep."
"I've slept enough..."
"No, sleep again for a while today."
Yumoto gasped as his eyes shut and he groaned as he slept.
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"Dadacha!" The twins smiled as the green squirrel ran in, "Ah my twins!"
The demon transformed into his human appearance and hugged the twins tightly, "I missed you two!"
"We did too..." Salty Sol smiled and Dadacha giggled, "So...what do you need?"
"Zundar."
"Oh. I can help with that!"
"Can you?" Melty Luna asked and Dadacha nodded, "Yes! All I want though...is to see how the heir is doing!"
"We would...but we can't."
"Fine-dacha..." Dadacha smiled, "I can help you though."
"Thank you." The twins nodded and Dadacha grinned.
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Dadacha smirked as he appeared near Yumoto's sickroom's window in his squirrel form.
He had a small vial around his waist, he smiled at the vial, "Oh heir-dacha...too bad you won't wake up after this."
Dadacha growled as he saw Epinard and Cerulean with Yumoto, Yumoto groaned, "I'm not...tired."
"I know, I know." Epinard spoke, "You must be exhausted though."
"N-no, thirsty..."
"Alright." Epinard went to grab his water but the duo were called away for something.
Dadacha smirked and quickly flew inside, he sat on the table and quickly opened the vial. He poured the contents of the vial in the water and quickly left.
As he did, the two guardians came back in. Cerulean held the heir up as Epinard gently helped Yumoto drink...
The heir swallowed a bit and frowned as he took his first swallow and stopped.
Epinard took it away and Yumoto shook his head. "Are you sure it's water?!"
"Yes!"
Yumoto shook his head and Cerulean frowned, "He's getting super warm again...!"
Epinard took the water away and smelled it, "Wait..."
Cerulean grabbed it, "Wait...that..."
Yumoto let out a scream and the two turned to Yumoto, his pupils were large and he was looking at the floor. Epinard sat the cup down and Yumoto pointed at the ground, "H-Hi-Hireashi!"
"Hireashi?"
"T-th-there!"
"He's not here!"
Yumoto began to shake and the God of Health ran in. "I heard his screams...what is wrong!?"
"His water...it was sweet...!"
Kurou grabbed the glass and smelled it, "Atropa Belladonna..." he hissed and looked at the heir. He flashed a light into Yumoto's eyes and felt his forehead, "He feels as if he's on fire..."
He quickly stepped over to his container of medicines and pulled out something. He ran over to Yumoto and forced him to swallow two pills.
The heir groaned as he swallowed them and looked at Kurou. "H-he-help me..." He whispered and his eyes shut as he passed out.
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Gora froze as he saw the God of Death walking in with the Goddess of Life. "Eiji...Asami." Gora spoke and Asami looked at him with tears in her violet eyes, "W-where is the heir?"
"asleep..."
Eiji looked down, "Your majesty...we..we are here because of the heir."
"What..what about him?"
"We have news."
Asami let out a cry in her throat, "I-I have life fo-for him..! He's going to die!" She screamed and Gora nodded, "Hurry, go to Yumoto!"
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Asami let out a strangled cry as she saw Yumoto, Yumoto smiled at her. "G-Goddess o-of Life..."
Asami stroked his hair and felt tears fall, "I-I have a gift for you."
Eiji held her hand, "Dear, do not cry. You have life for him."
Yumoto gasped as she held up an orb, "Close your eyes, dear heir."
Yumoto did as he was told and gasped as he felt the orb sink into his chest.
Warmth filled him and he groaned. He opened his eyes and the God of Death smiled, "You look healthy."
Yumoto smiled, "I feel much stronger..."
"That is good." Eiji smiled and Yumoto sighed, "Thank you so much."
He groaned as he had a wet cloth on his head, "Your fever is up still." Kenji spoke and Yumoto nodded.
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Dadacha growled as he appeared next to Yumoto's IV bag as the heir slept, he pulled out a syringe and filled it up, he smirked as he injected the bag.
"Thallium...this will make him super sick." he thought and disappeared to the twins...he would make the twins look at fault for this...
"An-chan!" Dadacha called, "Thallium is in the heir's IV bag now!"
"Good, Dadacha." Zundar smirked, "Jedidiah will help you end the heir shortly."
"Yes-dacha! I even have the twins with me now...!" Dadacha smirked and Zundar nodded, "Perfect-da!"
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Yumoto cried out as he sat up quickly, he turned to his small bin and got sick in it.
Araki startled awake as he heard Yumoto was vomitting.
Araki stroked his back and frowned as Yumoto sat up and cleaned his mouth. Araki stood, "I am getting the God of Medicine, you're burning up...and you threw up."
Yumoto groaned as he laid back onto his bed, he hated all of this!
