Life and Love
Chapter 7 - Memories of a Hairclip
D: Insert general disclaimer here… have a nice day :)
The room was a bright white. And a big window across the room from the door. The first thing they noticed as they entered was the buzzing and beeping of the several large machines that were near the bed. Sora lay there covered up to the neck with blankets. Hundreds of tubes ran everywhere. She had oxygen tube in her nose. There ware literally six IV's running into Sora, mostly pumping blood into her- the other were an assortment of medicines and painkillers.
To her side several large machines hummed. Her face looked so pale, and yet strangely at peace. Mrs. Takenouchi ran to her daughter's side, she was becoming more and more hysterical as she stroked Sora's silky hair.
Joe went to the machines and began inspecting her vital signs. No one said a word. The heart machine showed a weak, yet steady pulse.
Tai stood back by the door. He couldn't bear to see her like this… so lifeless.. And cold. She had always been so full of life and energetic. Guilt ran through his body… his stupidity and childish denial of his true feeling had caused Sora to be fighting for her life.
Joe gently, yet cautiously, pulled back the blankets. Sora's chest was a mess of tubes and reddened bandages.
"Oh Go." Was all Mrs. T could utter as she gazed upon the nearly lifeless body of her only child. She took Sora's hand, only to notice the wounds there and the IV needles. She let go of Sora's hand and it dropped to her side. Mrs. Takenouchi fell to her knees and wept. Tai forced himself to go and console her.
"Oh God Taichi… what has happened to my baby?" She cried into his shoulder.
"It'll be ok…" Tai attempted to comfort her, but as he looked up at Sora, he broke down too.
Izzy and Davis stood in shock, while Joe looked perplexedly at a large machine.
Soon dawn broke across the horizon. Kari and the others awoke and found a note telling them where Sora was. They almost ran down the halls to get to the room. There they found Izzy and the rest all sitting around the sleeping Sora.
Some of her color had returned to her as she had regained a healthy amount of blood in her system. After everyone had saw she was stable, some of them left. Kari, Tai, Davis, Izzy, Joe and TK remained behind with Mrs. Takenouchi. A nurse entered the room holding several items.
"Mrs. Takenouchi." the nurse said. "These belong to your daughter. She had them at the time of the accident." The nurse handed over Sora's tennis uniform- mostly in shreds and soiled. A few pieces of paper, tennis pin and a small-deformed clip in a small baggie. "This thing along with your daughter's quick thinking saved her from a life ending gunshot in the heart. Why it was clipped to her bra strap over her heart or what it was… I have no clue." the nurse went and checked Sora's bandages.
Mrs. Takenouchi opened the baggie and held the tiny object. It was a hair clip.. Now it was a piece of melted metal w/ an indent of a bullet in it.
Kari came closer and recognized the small sun shape of the decoration.
"Tai… it's the clip you gave her… remember, the one you fought over?"
Tai walked closer, Mrs. T set the clip in the palm of his hand. Tai examined it. This melted piece of metal was the clip he had given his Sora… tears welled up in his eyes. He couldn't take it anymore. He ran from the room. Kari was about to go after him, but Davis spoke up.
"No, I need to go and talk to him." Kari nodded, as Davis followed Tai out of the hospital.
Tai ran out of the hospital and into a near by garden. Tai kept running till he tripped on an oddly placed rock and went falling to the ground. He didn't even try to pick himself up; Tai laid face down on the gravel path and began to cry.
Davis came up behind him.
"Tai?" He said quietly.
"Go away Davis."
"Tai, I know you must hate me now.. For everything.. But I need to tell you.."
"I said GO AWAY!" Tai yelled again.
"She said she was sorry." Davis blurted out. Tai stopped feeling sorry for himself and looked up at Davis.
"What?"
"She said she was sorry for everything, right before she passed out. She pleased with me to tell you…."
Tai still was confused. "Don't you see? She stills loves you… the only reason she thought she liked me was because she thought she was alone… I made myself think that she truly loved me… but I see now that it wasn't true." Davis looked sadly down at Tai. "After all you did to her… she still loves you Tai.. She couldn't bare to die thinking you hated her… and begged me to get you to forgive her…." Davis sighed. "I'm sorry too, for ever thinking a perfect girl like Sora would be truly in love with me.. Every time we kissed, I bet she thought I was you…" Tai was silent.
"Davis… I'm the one that needs to apologize." Tai finally said as he got up. "I was wrong to hate you… and I was even more wrong to deny my heart to the one person it belongs too…"
"I see now she would have done the same to anyone who would have come along that night.. She was a wreck." Davis said remembering the night Sora was thinking of suicide.
"What do you mean?"
"Tai… she loved you so much that the night you two fought, she was…"
"Was what?"
"She was going to kill herself.." Tai gasped as the words left Davis' mouth. "I happened to come along and stop her… that's when she kind of got attached to me.. I do love her, but I know she needed someone there at the time…"
"I did this to her…" Tai fell to his knees and cried.
"Do you didn't Tai, this wasn't your fault."
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't started to date Margaret to get back at Sora for ripping my heart out when she dated Matt, she wouldn't be in all this mess."
"Tai, she'll pull through." Davis said. "But she needs you Tai. You are probably the one person keeping her alive right now… the love she holds for you.. Go to her Tai… go and save the woman of our dreams. She belongs with you! Not me, not Matt, but you."
Back at the hospital Joa and the bunch could only look on as Sora's vitals weakened. The large pumping machine was now buzzing a warning signal. Nurses rushed into the room and began to wheel Sora out of the room on the bed she rested on.
"What's happening?" Sora's mother questioned in a panicked state.
"They had her on a dialysis machine, I guess the bullets must have hit her kidneys." Joe explained. "Don't worry, all they have to do is a kidney transplant surgery. They know what they're doing." he said as a nurse entered.
"Mrs. Takenouchi, we're taking Sora into emergency surgery. She has experienced renal failure." Everyone looked confused except Joe.
"Kidney failure." Joe translated.
"Yes, to of the bullets punchered both of her kidneys. One was completely destroyed, however we did get the second working at 25%. I guess it was just to damaged and gave out. Don't worry, we are lucky to have a kidney here of your daughters rare blood type and they are doing the transplant now."
Mrs. Takenouchi nodded as the nurse left. Joe looked worried as she left.
"See Sora's going to be fine." Izzy said trying to cheer everyone up. He looked at Joe.
"What's' wrong Joe?"
"The nurse seemed over optimistic… kidney surgery and transplant procedures can be difficult and …" Joe trailed off- he realized he was causing added worry.
Suddenly a pink haired girl came running towards the room everyone stood in.
"Sora?" Mimi screamed as she looked into the room. "Where's Sora?"
"Mimi!" Everyone looked happy to see their friend.
"Oh it's so good you could make it." Yolei and Kari said as they ran and hugged their friend.
"Is Sora ok?" Mimi persisted after pulling away from the embrace.
"They just took her into surgery." Joe explained.
"What happened to her?" Mimi asked. Kari and the others retold the story they had pieced together from Davis' and the doctor's information. Soon Kari's parents arrived, as a nurse rushed in wanting to speak to Mrs. Takenouchi privately.
The others watched from the small window on the door as the nurse talked to Sora's mom in the hallway. No one knew what they were talking about. But they figured it was bad news, as Mrs. Takenouchi fell to her knees weeping. The nurse tried to console the woman, but nothing helped. Mrs. Takenouchi got up and followed the nurse into another room.
"This can't be good." TK stated as he watched the scene unfold. Joe rushed outside and grabbed a doctor.
"What's going on?" He demanded of Sora's doctor.
"I'm sorry.. The kidney was destroyed by Sora's immune system. There's nothing we can do now."
"Put her back on dialysis!" Joe replied.
"She is, but… she only has 10% of her single kidney working, the machine will just give her a few hours." The doctor closed his charts. "I'm sorry…"
A/N:
Ok- I've started the Daiora ending for those of you who like Davis and Sora- here are the instructions: Taiora ending- proceed to chapters 8-11 the end yeah- happy Taiora :)
Daiora ending- skip to alt ending Part 1- plot changes a little bit- to set up the ending- sorry if it sucks, I usually only write taioras :)
Chapter 7 - Memories of a Hairclip
D: Insert general disclaimer here… have a nice day :)
The room was a bright white. And a big window across the room from the door. The first thing they noticed as they entered was the buzzing and beeping of the several large machines that were near the bed. Sora lay there covered up to the neck with blankets. Hundreds of tubes ran everywhere. She had oxygen tube in her nose. There ware literally six IV's running into Sora, mostly pumping blood into her- the other were an assortment of medicines and painkillers.
To her side several large machines hummed. Her face looked so pale, and yet strangely at peace. Mrs. Takenouchi ran to her daughter's side, she was becoming more and more hysterical as she stroked Sora's silky hair.
Joe went to the machines and began inspecting her vital signs. No one said a word. The heart machine showed a weak, yet steady pulse.
Tai stood back by the door. He couldn't bear to see her like this… so lifeless.. And cold. She had always been so full of life and energetic. Guilt ran through his body… his stupidity and childish denial of his true feeling had caused Sora to be fighting for her life.
Joe gently, yet cautiously, pulled back the blankets. Sora's chest was a mess of tubes and reddened bandages.
"Oh Go." Was all Mrs. T could utter as she gazed upon the nearly lifeless body of her only child. She took Sora's hand, only to notice the wounds there and the IV needles. She let go of Sora's hand and it dropped to her side. Mrs. Takenouchi fell to her knees and wept. Tai forced himself to go and console her.
"Oh God Taichi… what has happened to my baby?" She cried into his shoulder.
"It'll be ok…" Tai attempted to comfort her, but as he looked up at Sora, he broke down too.
Izzy and Davis stood in shock, while Joe looked perplexedly at a large machine.
Soon dawn broke across the horizon. Kari and the others awoke and found a note telling them where Sora was. They almost ran down the halls to get to the room. There they found Izzy and the rest all sitting around the sleeping Sora.
Some of her color had returned to her as she had regained a healthy amount of blood in her system. After everyone had saw she was stable, some of them left. Kari, Tai, Davis, Izzy, Joe and TK remained behind with Mrs. Takenouchi. A nurse entered the room holding several items.
"Mrs. Takenouchi." the nurse said. "These belong to your daughter. She had them at the time of the accident." The nurse handed over Sora's tennis uniform- mostly in shreds and soiled. A few pieces of paper, tennis pin and a small-deformed clip in a small baggie. "This thing along with your daughter's quick thinking saved her from a life ending gunshot in the heart. Why it was clipped to her bra strap over her heart or what it was… I have no clue." the nurse went and checked Sora's bandages.
Mrs. Takenouchi opened the baggie and held the tiny object. It was a hair clip.. Now it was a piece of melted metal w/ an indent of a bullet in it.
Kari came closer and recognized the small sun shape of the decoration.
"Tai… it's the clip you gave her… remember, the one you fought over?"
Tai walked closer, Mrs. T set the clip in the palm of his hand. Tai examined it. This melted piece of metal was the clip he had given his Sora… tears welled up in his eyes. He couldn't take it anymore. He ran from the room. Kari was about to go after him, but Davis spoke up.
"No, I need to go and talk to him." Kari nodded, as Davis followed Tai out of the hospital.
Tai ran out of the hospital and into a near by garden. Tai kept running till he tripped on an oddly placed rock and went falling to the ground. He didn't even try to pick himself up; Tai laid face down on the gravel path and began to cry.
Davis came up behind him.
"Tai?" He said quietly.
"Go away Davis."
"Tai, I know you must hate me now.. For everything.. But I need to tell you.."
"I said GO AWAY!" Tai yelled again.
"She said she was sorry." Davis blurted out. Tai stopped feeling sorry for himself and looked up at Davis.
"What?"
"She said she was sorry for everything, right before she passed out. She pleased with me to tell you…."
Tai still was confused. "Don't you see? She stills loves you… the only reason she thought she liked me was because she thought she was alone… I made myself think that she truly loved me… but I see now that it wasn't true." Davis looked sadly down at Tai. "After all you did to her… she still loves you Tai.. She couldn't bare to die thinking you hated her… and begged me to get you to forgive her…." Davis sighed. "I'm sorry too, for ever thinking a perfect girl like Sora would be truly in love with me.. Every time we kissed, I bet she thought I was you…" Tai was silent.
"Davis… I'm the one that needs to apologize." Tai finally said as he got up. "I was wrong to hate you… and I was even more wrong to deny my heart to the one person it belongs too…"
"I see now she would have done the same to anyone who would have come along that night.. She was a wreck." Davis said remembering the night Sora was thinking of suicide.
"What do you mean?"
"Tai… she loved you so much that the night you two fought, she was…"
"Was what?"
"She was going to kill herself.." Tai gasped as the words left Davis' mouth. "I happened to come along and stop her… that's when she kind of got attached to me.. I do love her, but I know she needed someone there at the time…"
"I did this to her…" Tai fell to his knees and cried.
"Do you didn't Tai, this wasn't your fault."
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't started to date Margaret to get back at Sora for ripping my heart out when she dated Matt, she wouldn't be in all this mess."
"Tai, she'll pull through." Davis said. "But she needs you Tai. You are probably the one person keeping her alive right now… the love she holds for you.. Go to her Tai… go and save the woman of our dreams. She belongs with you! Not me, not Matt, but you."
Back at the hospital Joa and the bunch could only look on as Sora's vitals weakened. The large pumping machine was now buzzing a warning signal. Nurses rushed into the room and began to wheel Sora out of the room on the bed she rested on.
"What's happening?" Sora's mother questioned in a panicked state.
"They had her on a dialysis machine, I guess the bullets must have hit her kidneys." Joe explained. "Don't worry, all they have to do is a kidney transplant surgery. They know what they're doing." he said as a nurse entered.
"Mrs. Takenouchi, we're taking Sora into emergency surgery. She has experienced renal failure." Everyone looked confused except Joe.
"Kidney failure." Joe translated.
"Yes, to of the bullets punchered both of her kidneys. One was completely destroyed, however we did get the second working at 25%. I guess it was just to damaged and gave out. Don't worry, we are lucky to have a kidney here of your daughters rare blood type and they are doing the transplant now."
Mrs. Takenouchi nodded as the nurse left. Joe looked worried as she left.
"See Sora's going to be fine." Izzy said trying to cheer everyone up. He looked at Joe.
"What's' wrong Joe?"
"The nurse seemed over optimistic… kidney surgery and transplant procedures can be difficult and …" Joe trailed off- he realized he was causing added worry.
Suddenly a pink haired girl came running towards the room everyone stood in.
"Sora?" Mimi screamed as she looked into the room. "Where's Sora?"
"Mimi!" Everyone looked happy to see their friend.
"Oh it's so good you could make it." Yolei and Kari said as they ran and hugged their friend.
"Is Sora ok?" Mimi persisted after pulling away from the embrace.
"They just took her into surgery." Joe explained.
"What happened to her?" Mimi asked. Kari and the others retold the story they had pieced together from Davis' and the doctor's information. Soon Kari's parents arrived, as a nurse rushed in wanting to speak to Mrs. Takenouchi privately.
The others watched from the small window on the door as the nurse talked to Sora's mom in the hallway. No one knew what they were talking about. But they figured it was bad news, as Mrs. Takenouchi fell to her knees weeping. The nurse tried to console the woman, but nothing helped. Mrs. Takenouchi got up and followed the nurse into another room.
"This can't be good." TK stated as he watched the scene unfold. Joe rushed outside and grabbed a doctor.
"What's going on?" He demanded of Sora's doctor.
"I'm sorry.. The kidney was destroyed by Sora's immune system. There's nothing we can do now."
"Put her back on dialysis!" Joe replied.
"She is, but… she only has 10% of her single kidney working, the machine will just give her a few hours." The doctor closed his charts. "I'm sorry…"
A/N:
Ok- I've started the Daiora ending for those of you who like Davis and Sora- here are the instructions: Taiora ending- proceed to chapters 8-11 the end yeah- happy Taiora :)
Daiora ending- skip to alt ending Part 1- plot changes a little bit- to set up the ending- sorry if it sucks, I usually only write taioras :)