Kirsten tried to stand up, but her legs felt like jello and buckled from under her.
"I've got you." Taiki said, as he caught her as she fell to the floor. He laid her back down onto the bed, and covered her up with blankets.
"My body hates me today," She said, as she curled up into a ball.
"I can take you to see the doctor," Taiki said, with concern in his voice.
"I'll be fine. No need to go to the doctor," She said, as she did her best to hide a twinge of pain in her body. Taiki sat in the chair, and kept watch as she fell asleep.
Taiki had brought two books with him so he decided to read one. Instincts told him to stay close to Kirsten. Both books were about poetry. One was a list of poems and the other was a how to recite a poem. He was in the middle of reading when Healer walked through the apartment door.
"Enjoying your book?" Healer asked, as she entered the bedroom.
"Kirsten didn't feel well so I stayed close," He said, as he closed his book.
"Still throwing up?" Healer whispered, as she looked over at Kirsten's sleeping form.
"Yes and her legs buckled again," Taiki said softly. Taiki got up from the chair, and followed Healer out of the bedroom. They both sat at the kitchen table to talk.
"Either she is pregnant or the Cancer has gotten worse," Healer said, as she lowered her voice.
"She insists that its a bug," Taiki said, with concern in his voice.
"It's too soon to tell. Let's just wait and see for now," Healer said, as she glanced over at the closed bedroom door.
"What about the little girl you saw?" Taiki glanced at his silver-haired friend with curious eyes.
"I don't know. She helped us that day," Healer said, as she shook her head.
"She's our friend so it's our duty to help however we can," Taiki said, as he waved and left the apartment. Healer opened the bedroom door, walked inside and laid down next to Kirsten who was still asleep.
Kirsten turned over, and instinctively snuggled up against Healer. It was like she knew she was there. Kirsten's body ached. Healer smiled, closed her emerald eyes and fell asleep. Kirsten woke that evening, slid from the bed and went into the living room to feed Isis. She felt energy drained, but still needed to get things done. She put whatever dirty dishes were in the sink into the dishwasher.
"Ah, you woke up. Feeling better?" Healer asked, as she entered the living room, and sat on the soft, white couch.
"A little but need to move around some. Isis needed to be fed," Kirsten smiled weakly, as she sat down beside Healer. They sat, and watched television until they fell asleep on the couch.
"TWO WEEKS LATER"
Yaten noticed Kirsten had lost a lot of weight. He talked Kirsten into seeing the doctor. She had lost about twenty-five pounds since the last time the doctor had seen him. Kirsten would eat but not gain any weight.
"Kirsten, I'm worried about you," Yaten said, as he noticed how pale she had become.
"I know and I'm sorry this is scaring you," She said, as she gave his hand a gentle squeeze.
"I have one more month with you. I don't want to waste it," He said, as he cupped her chin in his hand, and kissed her.
"I wish it was longer but its all that we have," She said, as she gently kissed him back.
Kirsten, Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki headed over to a recording studio, and made an album of her songs. They made a copy, and gave it to Bob the bartender at the club to use. Kirsten's music was heard all around Kinmoku within two weeks time. A separate copy was kept in a safe place. Only Yaten and Kirsten knew its location, and its purpose.
"TWO WEEKS LATER"
Yaten got ready for guard duty as usual. Kirsten smiled, and slowly waved goodbye.
"Healer Star Power! Make Up!" He called his transformation phrase, and turned into Healer.
"I'll be in the garden if I feel like walking," Kirsten said, and smiled once more.
"Be careful and don't over do it," Healer said, as she smiled and left the apartment. Kirsten dressed warmly in blue sweats, and headed to the palace garden after feeding Isis.
Kirsten took a breath before entering the garden. She was winded, but was able to stand up. Good thing there were benches at each of the doors. Just to be safe than sorry, she sat on one of the benches and caught her breath. The sun felt good on her cold skin even with the occasional wind gusts.
Kirsten walked between the yellow and red roses when she felt sharp pains run through her entire body. She took deep breaths, and breathed through the pain. These pains were worse than before, and brought tears to her hazel eyes. Her head throbbed, and her heart felt like it was going to burst. As everything started to spin, then go black she heard voices all around her.
"Get Healer, she fainted," Seiya said, panic in his voice. Taiki rushed over to get Healer who raced over in a panic state.
"Kirsten, wake up!" Healer started crying and going into hysterics.
"We better get her to medical," Seiya lifts her, takes her to the medical ward. Healer and Taiki follow behind him.
Healer transformed back into Yaten, paced the floor and waited in the waiting room as the doctors tended to Kirsten. Yaten knew there was trouble when the doctor came out with sad eyes.
"Better say your goodbyes now. She's not going to survive the rest of the day," The doctor said, as he stepped up to Yaten, and gave him a soft hug.
"No," Yaten rushed Kirsten's side, and found her on breathing tubes.
"Her heart will fail soon," the doctor said softly behind Yaten.
Kirsten weakly opened her hazel eyes, and gazed up at Yaten who started to cry. She smiled at him then started to cough uncontrollably. The machines started to beep, as she convulsed.
"You'll have to leave," The doctors orders, as Yaten stood there panicking.
"They've things under control," Seiya said, as he pulled Yaten out of the room. Then they heard the flatline beeding of the heart monitor.
"Time of death 6:02pm," The doctor said, as he covered Kirsten's body. The doctor came out of the room with a sad face which indicated it was bad news.
"Kirsten No!," Yaten collapsed to the floor and went into hysterics before the doctor got the chance to say anything because he already knew. Seiya and Taiki did their best to comfort him.
No one realized that Kirsten's body disappeared, and she had gone back to her reality. Kirsten was asleep on her bed, in her reality or so you thought. Her three months were up, she fell in love and was expecting a baby but didn't know it. That special baby healed her from within, and cured her illness.
"Wake up mommy. Time for you to go to leave this place and go to daddy," The little girl said, in Kirsten's sleep. Kirsten woke up, and saw a little girl in front of her.
"You are real? What's your name?" Kirsten asked, confused.
"Csilla," The little girl smiled, and held out her small hand. "Lets go to see daddy," Kirsten took Csilla's small hand, and they disappeared.
Yaten sat in the soft, bed and looked at all of the photos of Kirsten. His emerald eyes bloodshot from crying.
"Daddy, don't cry. Mommy is here," He turned around, and eyes grew wide of what he saw. Right in front of him stood the little girl who held Kirsten's hand.
"Your daughter is a healer. I'm no longer sick and I'm staying in your world," Kirsten said, as she hugged him. Csilla smiled and vanished.
"Where did she go?" Yaten asked, as he noticed that Csilla had vanished.
"Don't worry. We'll have nine months until we see Csilla," Kirsten smiled and kissed him. They went to tell the others that Kirsten was alive and expecting.