New Things
Anime Redneck
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Chapter Nine
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A hour and a half later the doctor allowed them back in. "Will they be ok! What's wrong with them?" Duo started asking as everyone else sweat-dropped at the last question.
"Well... Duo they're all scrapped up, have cuts and bruises for one thing." The Dr. paused looking over the three girls as his nurses went about cleaning up and bandaging the rest of their wounds. "The strawberry blonde one, has minor cuts, scrapes and bruises, she'll be sore on her right side when she wakes and have one hell of a headache I imagine." He paused looking at her information. "From the looks of 'er. She fell from a pretty high height, causing her to have some bruised ribs; as the other two have..." he wrote something down then glanced back up at them.
"These two" he gestured to the strawberry blonde and chestnut brown haired girl. "Have about the same damage done to them, but this one here, she doesn't have the bruised ribs like her friend. I can't figure out why though." He looked to each pilot. "You say all three of them fell from the same height?"
Everyone nodded.
"Hmm, I see... well in any case I suggest asking them when they awake, but please, try to be nice." The doctor sternly shot a glare towards Heero and Wufei, who just nodded. "They probably have no clue where they're at, and will be disoriented."
Duo gave off a slight laugh, "Heh ya tell me about it! That one" he pointed to the strawberry blonde "her names Young Reicheru, and she doesn't know where she's at." The others looked at him questioningly. "WHAT!?" he shook his head staring at them. "She wasn't unconscious when I went to get her, so I introduced myself when she asked and told her I was there to help her not hurt her, shesh, I told her my name, she told me hers, fair trade I'd say." He finished mumbling from the looks he was getting. 'Then when she's all better, maybe I can ask her to lunch!' he thought happily smiling a little. Everyone else still looking at him sweat-dropped, knowing what he was thinking.
"Okay so Reicheru and Jane Doe here will be fine, just give them a few hours to sleep and a day or two of rest and they'll be back to normal." He walked over to the bed that the Tenshi was laying on and frowned, his face holding a bit of sadness he tried masking, but not before Heero and the others noticed it.
"This... Little Tenshi here, is the worst out of them all..." he trailed off looking at her. "She's got three broken ribs, her right... wing..." he trailed off his voice sounding fascinated, "is broken at the mid joint, as Mr. Yuy pointed out" he nodded his head toward Heero, who slightly nodded back. "We've tried to wrap it as you would any birds broken wing, it'll heal it's self in time... How much time... that I don't know... But she seems to be drained, again as Mr. Yuy pointed out. From what he has told me, she used a 'magical attack', which seems to have fed off her energy, as far as her wings go... I can not begin to explain that, nor try to." He shook his head look at them all. "She'll need a few days... as much as she's drained, she'll be asleep for a day or two... maybe more. We'll give her an IV and other medicines to help with her energy drain, help her get on her feet again, but the rest is really up to her." He informed.
They all nodded.
"Thank you doctor. We'll have someone in here to keep an eye on them 'til they all awaken, then, after they all have awaken, we'll try to get some information out of them, once they're more oriented." Quatre gave him a kind-thanking smile, relieved that the girls would be fine. But he was still worried about how the 'Little Tenshi' as the doctor had adorably called her, would come out of all this. "Well guys, if you don't mind. I'll take the first watch, I have a feeling it's going to be a long night." He tried stifling a yawn.
"Iie, you need your sleep Winner." Wufei spoke up. "I'll look after the weak onna's for a while, then the braided baka can come watch them in a few hours, then Barton, you and Yuy."
Quatre sighed but didn't give to arguing about it. It had been close to four hours since they met the mysterious girls and it was getting late, as much as he tried to fight it, sleep was calling him. "Thank you Wufei, please keep a close eye on them... I'll see you all in a little bit then." He waved before taking off for his bedroom.
The others nodded before heading to their own bedrooms to catch some shuteye before their watch. Leaving Wufei to mumble about weak onna's and the injustice of it all. Regardless of it all, he had his honor. This onna nearly killed herself saving us with her friends. Why? I do not know but will find out. He silently promised himself as he pulled up a chair, and sat down at the Tenshi's bedside, watching over her and her friends.
Three hours was his watching shift. It was now 5pm and he was starting to get hungry. They had missed lunch 'cause of these onnas and now he was hungry, and quietly wishing for the Braided One, to come relieve him.
Five minutes later the Braided One came strolling in, in a laid back fashion, taking long strides dressed in his normal black cloths with that goofy grin on his face; the one that said he was gonna be up to something, yet all he was carrying was a book. "Maxwell where have you been?" Wufei asked standing from his chair.
"Chill Wu-man I was trying to pick out a book thank you very much!" Duo said grinning.
"Do you know how long I've been waiting on you!? Which book did you bring??" he fumed. He didn't really care, as much as Duo liked getting on his nerves, he liked getting on his... only problem was nothing seemed to get on Duo's nerves... only chasing him around with his Katana seemed to work. "And don't call me Wu-Man!"
"Yea yea yea..." Duo waved his hand around "I'm five minutes and twenty seconds late, that a problem buddy boy?" he teased then looked confused a minute before grinning ear-to-ear holding up a book. "Why... Great Ghosts of course! They got some *cool* stories in here man! You should read it!"
Wufei snorted. "You and death are going to get you one day Maxell. Watch over them and don't do anything like your normal self would." He said before leaving.
"Wu-man! I'm Shinigami! Death can't get me!" Duo softly yelled down the hall towards Wufei's retreating back smiling. He moved the chair to Reicheru's bedside so he could read to her a little. He opened up his book to 'Bentham's Headless Ghost' and started reading it to her.
"Jeremy Bentham was a famous English philosopher. He was also a little strange. Duo chuckled.
"He thought everything should be useful. It was very wasteful, he said, just to bury bodies in the ground. He thought that they should be preserves and put on display. He thought it was a particularly good idea for smart fellows like himself to be put on display after death. He said that such displays would inspire the young.
"So when Jeremy Bentham died in 1832, he left instructions that his body should be preserved, stuffed, and put on display in a glass case. The case was to be set up at the entrance of the University of London. It's still there."
Duo stopped reading briefly looking up and around, then back a Reicheru. Still asleep. Hmmm, oh well... Man, who would want to be put on display after their dead?' he shivered, Not me... but I'm Shinigami! I'll never die! Duo thought staring at the picture in the book then started reading again.
"But things didn't work out quite as Bentham had hoped. In the first place, his head wasn't very well preserved. It has been replaced by a wax model. The original skull now rests between the figure's feet."
"Uggghh..." almost dropping the book at the sound Duo immediately turned his glaze on the moaning Reicheru. "Someone... get the number of that semi..." she groaned from the pain of her throbbing head and bruised ribs.
Groggily her fingers move up to her temples where her head was throbbing with an incredible migraine. The need to sit up too great but her body would not respond to her simple commands. Hazel eyes flutter to gain focus on her sight... blinking till it adjusted and she saw clearly. "Where am I?" turning her head to the side she was greeted with a stunning shade of eyes.
They seemed familiar to her... flittering a smile towards him out of habit, thinking he was still part of her dream. Who else wouldn't dream of him... blinking to focus more. Pain mirrored in those hazel depths... she looked dazed and couldn't rightfully remember right then what this man's name was. Those eyes shut for a brief moment groaning out at the pain in her body. It truly did feel like a semi had ran over her, half a dozen times to be exact.
Duo grinned. "Semi indeed babe. But sorry, you hit the ground from thirty foot in the air. I see you've got a headache from hell" his grin widened "and the Doc says that you've got a few bruised ribs and should stay in bed for a while after you woke up." he found his page in his book again marking it with his finger. "You want anything? Pain killers, sit up, go eat." he grinned. "Food! Always makes me feel better!"
"Water" she croaked out. Her mouth felt like cotton, dry as a desert. It tasted nasty. Thankful that he wanted to take care of her. Food was the last thing on her mind. Pain Killers sounded nice to, perhaps it would subdue these sharp pains in her body. Using her hands to brace herself to sit up, but her hands slip and she fell back into place laying still with an "Oofph."
"Sure thing!" he smiled brightly and was about to leave the room when he heard a "Oofph" of pain, turning sharply he saw the problem, she was tryin' to sit up and with bruised ribs it was proving difficult. He smiled and walked over to the bed.
"Sucks being hurt huh?" he asked chuckling. He helped her sit up before turning and leaving the room heading for the small sink in the other room. Getting a glass and filling it up with water he rushed back to the room, stopped running right before entering the door. Walking over he handed her the glass, "Here you go" sitting back down.
Her hands shook but she was able to keep the glass clutched into her slender fingers. Jerkily she brought it to her lips sloshing a bit of water over her mouth but most of it went into her throat sighing at the comfort it added to her parched throat and mouth, "Ahhh..." her hands drop to the sides unable to hold onto the glass anymore as it turns and falls to the floor was a clank and splashing sounds, "Oh." glancing towards Duo, "I'm sorry."
Duo chuckles a bit bending down to pick up the glass. "Hey don't worry about it. I'm sure I'd of done the same thing just wakin' up from bein' knocked out oh... about five hours! Shoot..." he trailed off heading to the other room rinsing the glass out and grabbing a towel before returning. Setting the refilled glass of water on the side table he bent down sopping up the spilt water. He looked up at her thinking about something. "You know..." he started, "I'm so hyper and all, I'd probably only be knocked out for two hours... if that!" he said as an after thought to his other comment, smiling he went back to sopping up the water.
A soft pain filled chuckle. He was funny as she winced from the pain her laughter caused. She began to cough and her body tensed at the new onslaught of pain it shot throughout her.
At the coughing Duo stood up looking at her. "Are you alright!? Here drink some more water... ehh... I'll hold it for you this time, so you don't drop it again." He gave her a lop sided grin.
"Thank you." Her voice thin and pain laden. Awaiting for him to place the glass to her lips. Drinking more of the cool refreshing water. Pulling back when she had taken enough, "Thank you... Duo." Yeah his name finally came to her... she was working it into her head 'til it just popped in there.
Duo smiled at her before setting the glass down and taking the towel to the dirty cloths shoot. He returned and sat down looking around the white room. This place really is boring... and dull... he thought looking at the white walls, white curtains that separated the beds and finally the white sheets and floor.
"You sure you don't want anything else?" he wanted to ask her about earlier but the guys wanted to wait 'til they were all together. He sighed. But I can ask about the Tenshi! he smiled remembering what the doctor and everyone else had called her. He wasn't interested in her, he was interested in this one... but those wings! Man... how can she have wings and not be a Tenshi!
She shook her head, wincing as it hurt her some more with a groan, "No... I'm fine... just hurt all over... my head feels like it's gonna split open."
He nodded opening a drawer shuffling some stuff around, "AH HA!" he pulled his hand out ripping open a aspirin packet and handing them to her. "Here you go! This might help a little, but uh..." puts his hand behind his head laughing lightly "I can't promise anything."
"It's ok." Rasping... all this talking was wearing her out. She popped the aspirins in her mouth, shuddering at the ickiness of its taste and the feel of it going down her throat. She almost gagged on it, but if it would help out with the pain. She'd gratefully take it.
He almost flinched as she started gagging on the aspirin. Personally he liked Advil... it had a nice sugar coating on it and made it a hell of a lot easier to sallow then these... things... He really needed to ask the doc about getting those instead of these icky things. He watched her a minute before opening his forgotten book back up and reading the rest of the story.
"The partially preserved philosopher doesn't inspire anyone. The display is looked upon as a gruesome oddity.
"Bentham's ghost has been reported in the halls of the University. The spectre carried his skull under his arm. Sometimes, is it said, he rolls his skull down the corridors, like a bowling ball.
"He was a little strange in life. He is a little strange as a ghost." He finished reading then started laughing quietly. "That was kinda good. Do you read ghost stories or anything? Bet you'd like to get some rest huh?" he asked looking at her quizzically.
Her eyes were drifting shut, "I love to read" each word growing sluggish and soft, "Mostly fiction... about elves... druids..." she was lolling between wakefulness and sleeping.
Duo watched as she started slipping back into the arms of sleep. Her eyes slowly closing, her mind-loosing grip on the words she tried saying, and he smiled softly. She's kinda cute when she's sleepy. He thought as she slid into the bed from her sitting position. He watched her a few more minutes 'til she was fully asleep before getting up and quietly pulling the covers up to her chin then sitting back down and reading more of his book, waiting to be relieved of the watch.
"...The head was sent home to his sister at Wardley Hall. Since then it has never left for very long.
"It's not that the people of Wardley Hall haven't tried to get rid of the skull. They often have. It has been buried, burned, and thrown in the river. But the next day it is always back in the little cabinet behind the stairs where it was kept in the first place. At least that is what the legends say.
"According to a more recent story, a couple of visitors once stole the skull while no one was looking. They dropped it in a pond near the Hall. That night there was a-" Someone clearing their throat caught his attention, he looked up and saw Trowa. "Hey man how's it goin'?" he asked in a hushed voice, not wanting to wake anyone.
Trowa nodded. "Duo. You can go on now. It's my turn." Trowa said in his normally quiet voice.
"Yea ok dude." He said getting up and walking towards the door, he got a foot past Trowa before stopping and grabbing his arm as he was going for the chair. Trowa turned and looked at him. "Hey, Reicheru woke up about two hours back. I uhh, gave her some water and aspirin 'cause she said she was hurting all over." he chuckled softly "So keep an ear out for her 'kay bud?"
Trowa nodded, "Sure Duo."
Duo smiled in thanks before leaving to find the doc to tell him to get rid of the 'yucky-I'm-gonna-choke-on-them' pills and tell him to get some Advil ones. Then to find Quatre and the guys so they can know Reicheru woke up.