Chapter 19: The Not-so Good Doctor

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"So, what exactly are we going to tell the doctor is the cause of your injuries Alpha? I am not certain that even if we arrive at the hospital that it will be Ishizu that will be tending to your injuries." Seto asked softly as Yami was gingerly trying to get Atem into one of the shirts she'd bought for him to wear while he was still pressing the now bloody blanket to the side of his head.

Atem shrugged, "Does it particularly matter? What business is it of these doctors how these injuries occurred? Will they not just treat them before moving on?" Atem asked.

Yami snorted, "The doctors also like to have context information to help them to make sense of what their tests and x-rays are showing." Yami said.

Atem rolled his eyes, "And what happened to me is irrelevant to them. If Ishizu is the one who sees me then yes, I will elaborate. I will not waste my time with the other doctors." Atem replied gruffly.

Yami rolled her eyes before she got back to her feet, "Okay, so here is how we are going to do this. This prideful ass is going to shift until we get through the clearing. Then he will shift again and I will carry him the rest of the way. I don't want him walking on that front leg and I know he won't let you carry him Seto. So, I will. And I will not take no for an answer on that." Yami growled as her crimson eyes at Atem as if she was daring him to argue.

Atem sighed, "Yami, you are not going to carry me anywhere." Atem said.

"Then either you let me carry you or you let Seto. Those are you only choices Atem. Because you are not walking all that way on what is clearly a broken leg. Besides, we'll get there faster if we carry you then with you limping." Yami said.

"I can move just as fast as either of you despite my injured leg. I don't need to be carried." Atem contested.

Yami crossed her arms in front of her chest as she continued to glare at Atem. "This is not a matter that is up for debate Atem. And the longer we argue about this the more you are stressing me out. Is that what you want to do? Stress me unnecessarily?" Yami said.

Atem sighed before he shot Seto a pointed look, albeit exasperated look. "Fine. You win, I will humor you and allow myself to be carried to Domino." Atem said.

Yami nodded once, "Thank you. Now, shift so we can get going. Seto, while Atem and I are getting out of the clearing call Ishizu back and tell her that yes Atem's injuries are that bad and that we are bringing him to the hospital." Yami said.

Seto glanced briefly at Atem who sighed once more before he nodded. Seto nodded as well, "Of course Alpha female, I will do as you have said." Seto said before he turned and strode out of the den.

Yami shifted as did Atem before the pair began to slowly make their way through the clearing. Once they had passed through the clearing the pair came to a stop and Yami turned to Atem, "Shift. Now. We're far enough away that no one is going to see me carrying you." Yami said.

Atem snorted before he slowly shifted and climbed onto Yami's back. Yami said nothing in response since she felt that commenting on Atem letting her carry him would just make him start arguing about it all over again and she really just wanted to get him to the hospital as quickly as possible.

The two were about halfway down the hill, Yami was slowly making her way down because she didn't want to jostle or accidentally dislodge Atem if she'd been running, when Seto managed to catch up with them and then the trio made their way in silence down to the river.

They came to a brief stop beside the river before Atem jumped off, shifting mid jump and landing in the water and began swimming across. Yami rolled her eyes before jumping into the water after him. She had made it half way across the river before Atem was climbing up on the opposite bank and began shaking himself off.

Yami reached the other bank and Atem shifted once more before he climbed back onto Yami's back and the trio continued to make their way towards the edge of the woods.

"Were you able to get in touch with Ishizu this time?" Yami asked.

Seto sighed, "Once more I was forced to contact Mahado and he was able to get in touch with Ishizu. She has reluctantly agreed to see Alpha but not until after she has seen to all of her patients. So, she said that Alpha can come to her office at 5 pm today and she will give him an examination then." Seto said.

Yami sighed, "Fine. I guess we don't really have much of a choice in the matter, unless we just want to take Atem to the Emergency Room and get him treated there." Yami said.

"As you said the doctors would ask questions that we would be forced to lie about if we went to the Emergency Room, so for that reason I personally think it would be for the best if we just met up with Ishizu at 5 o'clock." Seto said.

Yami snorted but said nothing further. Ishizu's attitude was really beginning to get on Yami's nerves. First she refused to come and help when Mokuba had been fighting for his life and now she had refused to come and help when Atem had been hurt as well. And despite the fact that they were making the trek out to see her she still wasn't even really trying to meet them halfway.

The trio made their way into the Motou's backyard before Yami headed to the back door. Atem climbed off her allowing her to shift before she grabbed the key and unlocked the door. "Well, since Atem can't get seen until 5 we might as well hang out here for a while." Yami said before she turned back to Atem, "And that means you are going to be sitting your ass on the couch until its time for us to go." Yami said.

Atem snorted before he sank down on the couch. "Fine. I'll sit down. But will you please relax Yami? You are clearly stressing yourself out right now and that isn't good for you. Everything will be fine. We're going to get me checked out." Atem said.

Yami sighed, "I know. I just, look I'm worried about you. That's all. I want to make sure that you're going to be okay and I'm not going to be able to calm down until a doctor sees you." Yami said.

Atem lifted up his good arm, "Come sit with me. As you said we have some time to kill while we're waiting to go and see Ishizu." Atem said.

Yami sighed before she sank down on the couch beside him and rested her head on his shoulder allowing him to drape his arm around her. To be honest she had no idea why she felt as on edge as she did. Atem squeezed the arm he had around her shoulders before he pressed a kiss to her brow. "I'm okay Yami. I promise." Atem whispered.

Yami sighed as she nuzzled closer to Atem, "I just don't want to lose you." She whispered softly, so softly she almost thought Atem wasn't able to hear what she'd said.

After a few moments Yami felt the arm around her shoulders tighten ever slow slightly before Atem whispered back, "You won't."

Time seemed to drag incredibly slowly as they waited for the time to come for them to go to see Ishizu. You could tell that none of the three of them were happy to be just sitting around doing nothing. Even Yami had apparently gotten used to the constant busy work of life with the pack. So, after sitting with Atem on the couch for over an hour she got to her feet and headed upstairs.

"Where are you going?" Atem called out.

Yami snorted. She could almost hear in Atem's tone that he was already warning her against taking off somewhere without someone to watch her. Honestly I take off twice and you'd think it was a normal thing. Yami mused.

"I'm actually going to grab my laptop. You did promise that we would have gone shopping today. I figured that maybe we could do some online shopping to pass the time." Yami called back.

Atem sighed but nodded, "Fine." He conceded.

Yami rolled her eyes as she turned and darted up the stairs. She didn't need Atem's permission to go upstairs into her own bedroom. She made her way into her room and grabbed her laptop before she sat down on the edge of the bed and booted it up.

She only intended to hang out upstairs for a few minutes before she headed back down. She was feeling a tiny bit rebellious. So, Yami booted up her computer and pulled up her social media page. Yami frowned when she said that someone had written a message on Mai's wall. It looked like it was from her mom.

Really missing my baby girl. This house is so quiet without her. But the doctors said that it was for the best that she go away to heal. I just pray that she heals quickly so I can have my baby back home again. Never again will I complain about her charging up my credit card or her blaring her loud music half the night.

Yami frowned. She had literally seen Mai a couple of days ago and Mai had been just fine chilling by the pool. What had happened in the last few days that she'd been gone?

Yami saw that Mai's mom actually looked like she was online. She didn't want to be rude but she really did want to know what had happened to Mai.

Yami clicked on Mrs. Valentines icon and opened up a chat box before typing: Hey Mrs. Valentine and clicking send.

Yami glanced up from her laptop when she heard a light knock on her bedroom door. She saw that Atem was standing there. "Atem, you should be resting." Yami lightly scolded.

Atem quirked a brow, "And I thought you were coming back downstairs so we could do some of that on the line shopping." Atem said.

Yami rolled her eyes, "Its online shopping, not on the line shopping. And yes, I'll be downstairs in a few minutes. I just want to finish this up first." Yami said.

Atem instead of going downstairs like Yami had hoped he would instead walked further into her room before plopping down on the bed beside her. "What are you working on?" Atem asked.

Yami sighed. "Nosy much?" She muttered.

Atem shrugged. "Curious is probably the better word for it." Atem replied.

Yami sighed once more as she glanced down to see that Mrs. Valentine had replied to her message.

Hello Yami dear. Its so good to hear from you. I know how much Mai has missed you while you've been away. I hope that you are well. As for what has happened to Mai I'm afraid that I can't say. All I can say is that she is ill and is away from home recovering at a specialized clinic. I have high hopes that she'll be home before Christmas but we'll just have to play things by ear.

Yami frowned before she typed back: Mai is going to be gone for six months? At least? And you can't talk about it? Why can't you talk about it? That doesn't make any sense.

Atem lightly nudged Yami in the shoulder, "You never answered my question what are you working on?" Atem asked.

Yami sighed once more, "I'm talking to my friend Mai's mother. Something happened to Mai and I'm trying to find out what that is. But she is saying that she can't tell me what happened. That its classified and that Mai is recovering at a specialized medical clinic and she'll be gone for at least six months." Yami said.

Atem was quiet for a moment before he climbed off Yami's bed, reaching down to try and tug Yami up as well, "Lets go and do that inline shopping." Atem said.

"First of all, its called online shopping, not inline shopping. And secondly, couldn't you at least pretend to be worried about my friend? If something had happened to one of your friends I would listen to you when you talked about it." Yami said.

Atem sighed, "I have every confidence that your friend will be just fine and will make a full recovery from whatever it is that ails her." Atem said.

Yami rolled her eyes, "Now if only you could insert a little bit of concern into your tone you might actually be able to pass as caring about what had happened to her." Yami muttered.

Atem shrugged, "I apologize if I have not conveyed a sufficient amount of concern regarding the well being of your friend. Now, can we do the shopping that you wanted to do for our pups?" Atem asked.

Yami sighed but did exit out of her social media. "There? Happy?" Yami muttered before she pulled up Amazon and made herself comfortable on the bed.

Atem quirked a brow, "I thought you said that you were going to be bringing your computer downstairs." Atem said.

Yami rolled her eyes, "Yes, I did. But that was before you decided to come upstairs after me. Now we might as well just stay up here. Seto can entertain himself while we browse online." Yami said before she gave Atem a cheeky look, "Or are you saying that you don't want to snuggle up with me?" Yami asked, her tone teasing.

Atem rolled his eyes before he sat back down on the bed, allowing Yami to lean against his uninjured side. "Fine. So, what exactly is it that you're looking for?" Atem asked.

Yami shrugged, "To be honest I'm not really sure. I know only the bare minimum about babies. Mai's cousin had a baby shower that her and I attended a few years ago. But how different are Werewolf babies from regular babies? Do I prepare for them like someone would whose getting a new puppy? Or do I prepare for them like you would a baby?" Yami asked.

Atem sighed, "Perhaps somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. No doubt some preparations from each are going to be required." Atem said.

Yami sighed once more before she began to scroll through Amazon while Atem lounged beside her. The two had been browsing online for about two hours when Seto finally made his way up stairs and lightly knocked on Yami's door.

Yami glanced up from her searching and Atem also straightened up. He had fallen into a light doze about half an hour ago and Yami had figured it wouldn't hurt anything to let Atem get some rest.

"Yes Seto?" Atem asked.

"It is time for us to be heading to the hospital for your appointment with Ishizu." Seto said.

Atem nodded before he slowly got to his feet while Yami closed her laptop and set it back on her desk. "Then lets go." Atem said.

Yami glanced at Seto, "Did you call us a taxi?" Yami asked.

Seto smirked, "No, not quite. Although, our ride will be here momentarily." Seto replied.

Atem nodded once more before he led the way downstairs and out the front door, which Yami locked behind them. And sure enough, not long after they had headed outside a Black Ford Focus pulled up in front of the driveway. The passenger side window rolled down to reveal that the driver of the car was in fact Mahado.

His eyes widened almost comically as he took in Atem's state before whipped open the drivers side door, "Alpha? What happened?" Mahado asked.

Atem shrugged, "Something minor I can assure you. However, my mate will not relax until I have been seen by a doctor which is why we are here now." Atem said.

Yami snorted, "Only you Atem."

Atem turned and gave Yami a pointed look before he glanced back over to Mahado. "Are you ready to bring us to see Ishizu?" Atem asked.

Mahado nodded as he opened the passenger side door, "Of course Alpha."

Atem rolled his eyes, "Seto can sit up from beside you. I would prefer to ride in the back with my mate." Atem said.

Mahado visibly was shocked by Atem's pronouncement. "Wait, mate? I wasn't just hearing things. You did take a mate?" Mahado asked.

Atem rolled his eyes once more before reached for the car door, Mahado quickly springing to open it for him. "If you spent more time on pack grounds there is a lot of things that you would be more aware of. But, yes. Yami and I mated during the last full moon." Atem said matter of factly.

Mahado nodded before he closed the door after Yami and Atem had both climbed inside and scrambled back around to the drivers seat while Seto made himself comfortable in the front passengers seat. "Well, I know it must be late but allow me to off my and my mates congratulations. And may your mating be a fruitful one." Mahado said.

Atem and Seto both snorted while Yami couldn't help but blush. Not that Mahado seemed to notice since he had turned his attention onto pulling back out onto the road. The drive to Ishizu's office did not take long at all and Mahado pulled into a parking space not far from the entrance to the hospital. "Ishizu's office is on the fifth floor. Room 508. She should be expecting you." Mahado informed the group.

"Thank you Mahado." Atem said briskly as he and Yami climbed out of the car and headed inside.

"I'll wait for you out here Alpha. And once you are finished I'll drive you back to where you had me pick you up." Mahado said.

Atem, however said nothing and instead pulled the main door to the hospital open for Yami. It didn't take them long to get to Ishizu's office. There was a minimal wait for the elevator but since the vast majority of appointments appeared to be done for the day there weren't really a lot of patients milling around.

They strode into office 508 and Atem and Yami took seats in the waiting area while Seto informed Ishizu's secretary that they were here for their appointment with Ishizu. Ishizu came out of the back office promptly at 530 before she turned to her secretary.

"Thank you Mary, you are free to go for the night. I'll be able to finish up things here." Ishizu said.

The secretary, Mary, quickly cleaned up her desk before logging off of her computer and exited the office. Once they were alone Ishizu turned her attention onto the trio of Weres. "What the hell are you three doing at my place of business?" Ishizu growled.

Yami frowned as did Seto and Atem. "We were informed that you were going to see Alpha after the last of your appointments had concluded for the day and for us to come to your office at 5." Seto said.

"I said no such thing. I told you I am not your personal doctor. I have a career and a life that has nothing to do with the pack outside the one night a month I am forced to interact with you other savages. Beyond that I am perfectly content pretending that you don't exist. So, I ask again what the hell are you doing in my office?" Ishizu snapped.

Atem rolled his eyes, "Clearly there has been a misunderstanding. We'll be leaving." Atem said briskly before he turned to head towards the door.

Yami strode forward without warning and drew her hand back before harshly smacking Ishizu across the face. "Just because you made a decision that you have come to regret does not mean you are not a part of our pack nor that our pack is part of your family. Atem was badly hurt and we came to you for help. You would not come to us so we made the trek out to see you. And so help me you WILL tend to him." Yami growled. To be honest Yami had no idea what had come over her. All she did know was that she was angry at Ishizu and worried about Atem and Ishizu needed to stop being...well, a selfish bitch and to help Atem.

Ishizu rolled her eyes before she turned and strode back into her office, "Are you coming or not?" She snootily called over her shoulder.

Yami clenched her tightly in a fist intending to smack Ishizu again when Atem lightly rested a hand on her arm, "Its alright Yami. Ishizu isn't worth you losing your self control. Regardless of her attitude she is complying with our request. And with Ishizu no doubt this is the best that we will be able to get. So, lets get this visit over with so we can return home." Atem said.

Yami sighed but she did nod her agreement with Atem's words and unclench her fist. The trio then followed Ishizu into her office.

Ishizu led them to a simple exam room before she nodded her head towards the bed. "Sit. And tell me what happened which required you to seek my assistance." Ishizu icily commanded.

Atem climbed onto the hospital bed and sat quite rigidly. Almost as if he refused to give Ishizu the satisfaction of seeing him as anything other than strong.

"I took a small tumble off the side of the North Mountain while I had been dealing with an invading rogue Were." Atem said briskly.

Ishizu rose a brow, "A small tumble off the side of the mountain? Why would you do something so stupid?" Ishizu asked.

Atem rolled his eyes, "Don't be an idiot Ishizu. I didn't do it intentionally. I was battling the rogue Were and as I was administering the killing blow the Rogue managed to throw the both of us off the side of the mountain. I am fine. However, it would ease my mate's mind if you would examine me to confirm that was in fact the case." Atem said.

Ishizu frowned, "Your what?" Ishizu asked.

Yami, however had enough, "He means me. I'm the one whose worried about him. The bruising on his torso is deep and I'm worried he might have internal bleeding. Now will you examine him already?" Yami snapped.

"Alpha, you should have known better than to pressure a newly turned Were into a mating. That wasn't remotely fair to Yami and you have essentially robbed her of having a choice in the matter." Ishizu said.

Yami groaned as she once again clenched her fists, at the end of her patience. "The choice was mine and Atem's. And ours alone. What we choose to do or not to do has nothing to do with you. So stop scolding us like a couple of misbehaving teens and examine him." Yami growled.

Ishizu sighed, "Fine." She conceded before she lifted up Atem's shirt and began to roughly poke at the bruises on his torso. Yami really had to hand it to Atem. Ishizu was clearly trying to intentionally cause Atem pain and was no doubt succeeding but she might as well have been poking the wall for all the reaction Atem gave her.

After several minutes she sat back, "Well, I would like to do some blood work to check for certain." Ishizu said.

Atem frowned, "Why would you need blood work? I'm not ill." Atem said.

Ishizu sighed, "Its just a standard practice when you go to the doctors office. You get your blood drawn so a wide variety of tests can be conducted and give the provider, in this case me, an overall view of your health." Ishizu said.

Atem shook his head, "That won't be necessary. Now, am I able to leave?" Atem asked.

Ishizu sighed. "I honestly don't know why you bothered to come if you weren't going to allow me to carry out your examination. But yes, you can leave. And please, don't come back." Ishizu said.

Atem slid off the table and straightened his shirt, "Don't worry, we won't." Atem said before strode out of Ishizu's office with Yami and Ishizu following after him.

"Oh, and Alpha?" Ishizu called out.

Atem paused briefly, "What?" Atem asked.

"I'm not going to be having to ruin any other teenagers lives, am I? I've already had to ruin two in the last couple of weeks." Ishizu said.

Atem snorted before he continued walking, "I don't know what your even talking about Ishizu." Atem called back over his shoulder.

Ishizu snorted, "I highly doubt that you don't Atem. You seem to make it your business to know everything." Ishizu said.

Atem paused on his way out of the office before he turned back around to face Ishizu a scowl on his face, "You will do well to remember you stuck up bitch that my title is Alpha and that you will address me as such." Atem growled.

"Alpha is right. Whether we are here in Domino or in the clearing as a Were you will show him the respect that he is owed." Seto growled from his place beside Atem.

Ishizu rolled her eyes, "The nonsense about the titles aside my point still stands. I know that you are fully aware of what happened. Don't play dumb with me." Ishizu said.

Yami once again found herself getting right into Ishizu's face, "And Atem said he didn't know what you were talking about. Now what you're supposed to do is be a good little bitch and drop it so we can get out of your office and back to the clearing so he can rest." Yami snarled.

Ishizu gave Yami a look of utter and complete disappointment, "He's managed to completely corrupt you in such a short period of time." Ishizu said.

Yami rolled her eyes, "I have not been corrupted. Not in anyway. Now, drop whatever it is that you are trying to bait him with so we can go and rejoin your mate in the parking lot and he can drive us back to the woods so we can head back home." Yami growled.

Ishizu rolled her eyes before she waved the trio out. Atem turned and led the way back out of the office with Yami and Seto following him. The climbed into the elevator and as soon as the doors slid closed Yami could not help but say something. "Seriously that the hell is her problem?"

Seto sighed, "To be perfectly honest. I do not know. We, as her pack, have been very understanding of her need to live in Domino. We have not demanded much from her. Any other pack would have demanded more of a contribution."

Yami sighed as she leaned back against the back of the elevator with Atem standing beside her. He slipped his uninjured arm around her shoulders, pulling her close. "Let it go. She is not worth getting worked up about." Atem said.

"I know she's not. She just, it just made me really angry the way she was speaking to you." Yami whispered as she buried her nose in Atem's throat, taking a few deep breaths to breath in his scent.

"That's because you are coming to understand and respect that Alpha is Alpha." Seto replied.

The elevator dinged and the trio made their way out and back over to Mahado's waiting car. He quickly scrambled out and opened the doors for Yami, Seto and Atem. Once the four Were's were settled into the car Mahado pulled out of the hospital parking lot and headed back towards the Game Shop.

"I hope my wife was able to help you Alpha." Mahado said, no doubt in the hopes of breaking the awkward silence that had settled in the car.

Seto snorted, "She did do a bare minimal examination yes. Although, Mahado she was quite surprised to see that we had arrived. It was almost like she had no idea we were coming despite me calling and informing you that we would be." Seto said.

Mahado had the decency to blush, "Yes, well I know that in order for Alpha to be coming into Domino for medical attention than it must be for something serious. So, I neglected to tell Ishizu that you were coming and answered on her behalf that she would see you once her appointments were done for the day." Mahado replied.

Thankfully it did not take long before Mahado dropped the Were's back off at the Game Shop. The trio immediately headed into the back yard and Yami and Seto shifted before heading back to the clearing with Atem once more riding on Yami's back only transforming to cross the river and actually walk into the clearing. Once they had returned to the clearing Yami and Atem immediately headed back to their own den while Seto went to go and check on the pack.

"You're going to be taking it easy for a least a few days, right Atem?" Yami asked as she shifted and made herself comfortable down on the pelts.

Atem shifted as well before laying down on the pelts beside her, allowing her to snuggle into his side. "Yes, I will be resting for the next few days. And before you ask yes I will be spending them in this form that way I won't be putting any unnecessary weight on my injured leg to allow it to heal quicker."

Yami snorted, "In your human form its actually your arm, not your leg silly." Yani replied.

Atem rolled his eyes, "You know what I meant." Atem replied.

Yami sighed but nodded. She did know exactly what Atem had meant.

"And Yami?" Atem said.

"Hmm?" Yami replied.

"Once I have sufficiently recovered and dealt with the Were. I will be taking you into Domino to do the shopping like I had planned. I am going to keep that promise." Atem replied.

Yami couldn't help but smile as she continued to nuzzle into Atem's side. "That sounds great Atem. I can't wait." Yami whispered.