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The Hospital
Already, Juuhachi was struggling to her feet. "I must…go with her…" she panted as she tried to steady herself. Her legs gave way and she fell again.
"Juu-chan, please!" Kururin pleaded. "You mustn't wear yourself out!"
"Kurin-chan," Juuhachi managed to choke out. For the first time in her life, her tear-filled eyes took a pleading look to them. "I have to go. I brought her into this world…" with a hand on the wall she managed to straighten herself up, her head bowed against her chest as she panted. "And now…" Her head lifted, and her eyes had returned to their determined, never-take-no-for-an-answer gleam. "I have to make sure she survives it."
Goku and Maron landed in the hallway of Orange Star Hospital. "Goku, you stay in the Waiting Room," Maron ordered. "I'll get help."
Passing the baby into the crook of her right arm, she raced away, threw open a door, and ran to the front desk.
"Hey, Maron!" the receptionist, Hanako Kenji, greeted the blue-haired ex-slut.
"Hey, Hanako," Maron greeted breathlessly. "Can you page Tenchi? It's an emergency!"
"What's the patient's status?" Dr. Tenchi Anda, the head surgeon, asked as he wheeled the small girl down the hall in a gurney.
"Newborn, heart outside chest, breathing but unconscious," Maron answered.
"And the parents?"
"Had to be left behind, should be here within today."
"Good." Dr. Anda pushed her into the OR and started shouting orders.
"Gohan, you know the Instant Transmission," Juuhachi stated rather bluntly.
"Yeah." The Half-Saiyan looked at her, confused. "Why?"
"I need you to take me to Orange Star Hospital."
"What?!" Gohan yelped.
"You heard me," Juuhachi said.
"I…"
"Gohan, please," Kururin said. "Take her there. We'll follow."
"O-okay," stuttered the boy who just defeated Seru. He went uncomfortably to Juuhachi and lightly grabbed her arm. "Let's go."
He disappeared.
"Dad!"
"Gohan!" Goku was surprised to see his son there until he saw Juuhachi rounding the corner after him, as if she was in a marathon and had not just gave birth. There was still blood all over her, her face was ruddy pink with pain, and her hair was awry.
"Where's my daughter?" Juuhachi demanded.
"Maron took her into the OR," Goku said. His expression hardened. "And I think you should get some medical attention, too."
"No. I'm perfectly fine."
"Juuhachi, you have a baby with a heart problem who's born too early. You were absorbed by the biggest threat the Earth's ever faced. You look like you've been through Hell and back and you can barely breathe, let alone talk. You are seeing a doctor."
She looked away and stood quiet for a while.
"Do you want to die? What will that do to Kururin? And what if the baby dies, too? Can you imagine what it'll be like for him? Juuhachi…"
"Fine," she interrupted. "I'll see a God damn doctor."
"Good." Goku relaxed a bit. "You stay here, and I'll get one." He disappeared down the hall.
"He's relentless, isn't he?" Juuhachi said to Gohan.
"Be grateful it wasn't Mom. She'd be shoving you down the hall to ICU right now."
An hour passed, during which Goku went home with Gohan, Chichi, and Goten. Bulma stopped by to check in on Juuhachi, then went home with her family. The others all stopped by to check in on Juuhachi, then headed home. In the end, only Juuhachi, Kururin, Juunana, and Juuroko were left waiting in the hospital.
"Kururin?"
Kururin rushed to embrace his lover, who had just appeared from the ICU. "What's the news?"
"The doctors say I'm fine, and I should heal very quickly because I'm a cyborg. But they won't tell me anything about my baby."
"I think she's still in the OR. There's a viewing window, if we want to see."
"Oh, God, I don't think I can." Juuhachi sat down on a chair in the Waiting Room and buried her face in her hands.
"Everything's gonna be okay," Kururin said, sitting down next to her and touching her arm.
Juuhachi looked up. "And if it isn't? Kururin, what if…what if she…"
"Juuhachi, don't even think it."
"I HAVE to, Kururin! You and I both know that she could die!"
"Then we'll get the Dragon and wish her back."
"I'll die before then…it would just be too much."
"Come on, Juuhachi, this isn't like you. You're always so strong…please be strong now…please."
Juuhachi looked over at Kururin, and she could see just how hard he was trying to be strong for her and their baby, just how hard he was trying to keep his own emotions from exploding, just how hard he was trying not to break down…and suddenly she felt a little selfish. This was as hard on him as it was on her.
She wiped her tears away with her arm and took a few deep breaths. "All right, Kururin."
"What?"
"I'm going…I'm going to see how well she's doing."
Juuhachi felt like throwing up, but she doubted she had anything left to throw up as she stared into the viewing window. She press her fist against the glass and leaned her head onto her fist.
'Please, Maron…please don't die on us…'
OK, I'm gonna stop there.
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