Hello everyone! Here's chapter 18, thanx for reviewing!
Author: Hikari (Kit6ss@juno.com)
Unseen Riches
Chapter 18: Price to Pay
Sango slouched into one of the hospitals not so soft chairs with a heavy sigh. Kohaku sat in a similar chair across the room, his head was down and the light sound of snoring could be heard. She smiled; her brother had the amazing ability to sleep anywhere, one she did not possess. The clock on the wall clicked slowly past 2am, but Sango couldn't sleep. She didn't have the kind of money it took to pay for her father's surgery and she knew it.
Tears sprung to her eyes and she quickly whipped them away. Now's not the time for tears, father and Kohaku need me! Filled with new energy at her resolved she jumped up and started pacing, thinking of ways to gather money.
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"Yash can't you drive faster!" Yelled Miroku, fighting to project his voice past the howling wind and blaring music. Kagome watched as Yash's eyebrow started to twitch upward in frustration, she couldn't blame him, and Miroku had just asked the same question 5 minutes ago.
"I'm going 90 Miroku! Any faster and I'm defiantly going to get caught and then it will take even longer to get there!" Yash yelled back as the swiped his bangs out of his eyes. That was the only problem with owning a convertible, the wind is a killer. Miroku sat back with a sigh, his thoughts glued on a raven haired girl.
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Sango paced, frustrated with the lack of solution she could come up with. She turned and with a curled fist hit the wall with all her strength. No solution came to mind, and if she didn't think of one soon she was in trouble. She leaned heavily against the wall, pressing her face to the cool surface as the clock overhead struck 4am. Slowly she turned around and sat with her back against the wall, bringing her knees up to her chest and resting her head on them.
As much as she tried to focus the room started to spin and blur. Soon she was fast asleep, her head resting against her knees, hiding her eyes. She didn't even hear the approach of footsteps or the hushed voices talking above her.
When she awoke the first thing she noticed was the warmth, it enveloped her and made her feel secure. She slowly opened her eyes and blinked in the harsh light. Maybe I'll just sleep for a little longer.She thought and nestled in deeper to the warmth around her. That was until she noticed what she was resting on was slowly moving. Her eyes shot open and she stared up at the sleeping face of Miroku above her. She then looked down to realize she was curled up in his lap; both of them were under a blanket which she assumed a nurse had given them.
Millions of questions shot through her head. At the forefront was why the hell is Miroku here? Slowly she tried to inch off her makeshift bed without waking him up but her foot got tangled in the blanket and she fell. With a loud thump she hit the floor which startled the sleeping boy awake.
Miroku looked around dazedly while he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He still couldn't quite remember what he was doing before he fell asleep until his roaming eyes landed and Sango, who was sitting on the floor rubbing her injured behind.
"Sango are you alright?" He said as he knelt beside her on the floor. Sango looked up into his eyes, startled as if seeing him for the first time. Her heart raced, first because he was there and so close, second because she it finally sunk in he was there.
"Why are you here!?" She cried, trying to slide away from him across the floor. She was horrified to realize that tears were starting to roll down her face. She swiped her arm across her face in an attempt to stop the flow but it just continued beyond her control. Miroku watched dumbstruck as Sango shook and tears cascaded down her cheeks, slowly he put his arms around her shoulders in an attempt to comfort her. She struggled, trying to shake off the embrace and get away.
"Let me go! I'm useless, I can't do anything!" She beat as his chest weakly, her visions was blinded by the ongoing tears and she couldn't breathe. "Why can't you understand?"
"What can't I understand?" Miroku yelled as he trapped her hands between their bodies and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head against her shaking shoulder; breathing in her scent and trying to understand what was bother her.
"I'm not good for anything! My fathers dying and I can't even do anything to save him!" Violent sobs racked her body as she finally gave in and stopped fighting. She buried her head in his chest and cried. Miroku gently comforted her until she fell asleep again.
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Kagome and Yash watched as Miroku gently tucked Sango into one of the spare hospital beds next to her brother. Kohaku had slept through his sister's earlier outburst and one of the nurses had offered an open bed for the two to sleep.
"Poor Sango! What are we going to do Yash?" Kagome stated as she pulled on Yash's arm. He looked down at his girlfriend, then at his best friend still tucking the love of his life in.
"I want to talk to that doctor. There has to be something we can do."
Half an hour later they sat talking to the doctor in charge of Sango's father. "And as I was saying, he has a 75% change of living if this operation is performed." Said the doctor as he wrung his hand together. "But the problem is that the family does not have the money for the operation and they firmly refuse the help of anyone else willing to help. They have said no to taking a loan as well as help from friends of the family."
"Why?!"
"Their family is very prideful, as well as pigheaded." The doctor said with a sigh. "They feel that it is dishonorable to receive help from anyone outside the family, and do the fact that those two children are his only living relatives the situation seems hopeless."
"That is the stupidest thing I have heard in my whole life." Yash and Kagome turned to see Miroku leaning against the doorframe. His normally calm face was marred by a deep frown. "What's the point of being prideful if you lose something important to you?" He walked into the room and plopped down onto the couch next to Yash.
"But Sango thinks this is very important!" Kagome said, rage coursing through her at his unjust words. "She thinks her pride is all she has left!"
"What kind of crap is that?" Miroku yelled back at her, his temper raging. "Pride means nothing in this world and anyone who clings to it like a lifeline is an idiot!"
"So I'm an idiot am I?" Miroku felt his blood run cold then hot as he turned to the person standing right behind him. Sango glared down at him with tears standing out in her eyes. Miroku felt his heart stop and then shatter in that instant. Before he could utter a word Sango had turned and bolted out of the room. Miroku jumped over the back off the couch and sprinted after her.
"Sango wait!" He yelled as he chased her down the hallway, she was racing towards the stairs with a good lead on him. She was already half way down and turning the corner when he reached the top.( AN: Ok guys, now imagine like the stairs at a school were there's like half the steps go down then there's a landing and turns 180^ and goes down again with no wall separating them..hope that helps) He glanced down at the landing below, almost 15 feet below him and gritted his teeth.
Without more thought he swung over the railing and fell to the floor below. He landed on his hands and knees as pain shot through his body. Nice landing he thought sarcastically to himself as he straightened. Sango was three steps above him and still barreling down at him, unable to stop even though a startled expression was plastered on her face.
When she reached him he grabbed her legs and lifted her into the air, she flailed around unbalanced. " I caught you!" He said smirking up at her. She glared at him and started beating his shoulders with her fist, making them bother more unstable and they fell. Miroku landed on his back with Sango on top of him and the air rushed out of him. He laid there taking deep breathes as Sango started to move above him. Quickly he resecured his hold on her legs before she could run again.
" Let me go you jackass!" She yelled as she scratched at his arms.
"Not until you listen to me." He said using his free arm to grab her hands.
" Why should I listen to you. I'm just an idiot right?"
" You hurt my feelings."
"I don't care if I hur.I what?!" She stared down as him, shocked." How did I hurt your feeling?" He smiled at her sadly.
" You didn't tell me about your father at all. Or your little brother, I didn't know anything. And then you say all you have is your pride."
" Well its true isn't it?"
"No it's not. You have me. I'll always be there for you, no matter what. And Yash and Kagome are always there for you too, why did you go through this alone?" She had stopped struggling and he brought a hand up to caress her cheek, making her look at him. His heart hurt to see her crying again. I love her so much.
" I can't ask for your help in this! My family will lose its' pride and father will die anyway if that happens!" She buried her face into his shirt.
" Marry me."
Sango's head shot up, to stare into Miroku's sincere eyes, she must have heard wrong, there's no way he could. " Excuse me????"
Well if I'm your husband it means I'm part of the family right? Will you marry me?"
" I can't...I just...." Her mind was whirling, the floor seemed to be the ceiling and the ceiling the floor, she couldn't think straight.
" You don't want to?" Hi s voice betrayed the hurt that would not show in his eyes.
"It's not that but I don't want you to sacrifice." He silenced her with the finger to her lips.
" I love you." She stared at him.
" What?"
"I love you. I'll say it a million times in a million different ways but it will still mean the same thing. I need you in my life, I would give up all I have for you."
" Miroku..I."
"Just say yes..please."
" Oh Miroku. Of course I love you so much!" She flung her arms around him and hugged him tightly, not noticing the outtake of breathe that Miroku had been holding. Neither of them noticed the two shadows watching them from the stairs above. Kagome pulled Yash away from the railing, motioning him to follow her. When they were what she deemed far enough away she turned and enveloped him in a hug. He raised an eyebrow at her display but hugged her back.
" I'm so happy for them, I was so worried."
"Yeah me to. Miroku that dog he beat me to the punch!" The last part Yash whispered into Kagome's hair.
" What did you say?"
"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Yash turned beet red and raised a hand to absently scratch his head.
" What's going on?" The happy couple turned to see a sleepy Kohaku clutching a blanket and staring at them. At the sight of the cute teenager they both broke out into relieved laughter.
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Wahoo! I finally finished this chapter! I am so sorry it took so long! Gomen. I've been busy and then I got writers blocked and lost what I was going to do. That's why the chapters choppy, I would stop then come back like a week later and not be sure what's going on. Anyway please don't give up on my and please review!
Author: Hikari (Kit6ss@juno.com)
Unseen Riches
Chapter 18: Price to Pay
Sango slouched into one of the hospitals not so soft chairs with a heavy sigh. Kohaku sat in a similar chair across the room, his head was down and the light sound of snoring could be heard. She smiled; her brother had the amazing ability to sleep anywhere, one she did not possess. The clock on the wall clicked slowly past 2am, but Sango couldn't sleep. She didn't have the kind of money it took to pay for her father's surgery and she knew it.
Tears sprung to her eyes and she quickly whipped them away. Now's not the time for tears, father and Kohaku need me! Filled with new energy at her resolved she jumped up and started pacing, thinking of ways to gather money.
*******
"Yash can't you drive faster!" Yelled Miroku, fighting to project his voice past the howling wind and blaring music. Kagome watched as Yash's eyebrow started to twitch upward in frustration, she couldn't blame him, and Miroku had just asked the same question 5 minutes ago.
"I'm going 90 Miroku! Any faster and I'm defiantly going to get caught and then it will take even longer to get there!" Yash yelled back as the swiped his bangs out of his eyes. That was the only problem with owning a convertible, the wind is a killer. Miroku sat back with a sigh, his thoughts glued on a raven haired girl.
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Sango paced, frustrated with the lack of solution she could come up with. She turned and with a curled fist hit the wall with all her strength. No solution came to mind, and if she didn't think of one soon she was in trouble. She leaned heavily against the wall, pressing her face to the cool surface as the clock overhead struck 4am. Slowly she turned around and sat with her back against the wall, bringing her knees up to her chest and resting her head on them.
As much as she tried to focus the room started to spin and blur. Soon she was fast asleep, her head resting against her knees, hiding her eyes. She didn't even hear the approach of footsteps or the hushed voices talking above her.
When she awoke the first thing she noticed was the warmth, it enveloped her and made her feel secure. She slowly opened her eyes and blinked in the harsh light. Maybe I'll just sleep for a little longer.She thought and nestled in deeper to the warmth around her. That was until she noticed what she was resting on was slowly moving. Her eyes shot open and she stared up at the sleeping face of Miroku above her. She then looked down to realize she was curled up in his lap; both of them were under a blanket which she assumed a nurse had given them.
Millions of questions shot through her head. At the forefront was why the hell is Miroku here? Slowly she tried to inch off her makeshift bed without waking him up but her foot got tangled in the blanket and she fell. With a loud thump she hit the floor which startled the sleeping boy awake.
Miroku looked around dazedly while he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. He still couldn't quite remember what he was doing before he fell asleep until his roaming eyes landed and Sango, who was sitting on the floor rubbing her injured behind.
"Sango are you alright?" He said as he knelt beside her on the floor. Sango looked up into his eyes, startled as if seeing him for the first time. Her heart raced, first because he was there and so close, second because she it finally sunk in he was there.
"Why are you here!?" She cried, trying to slide away from him across the floor. She was horrified to realize that tears were starting to roll down her face. She swiped her arm across her face in an attempt to stop the flow but it just continued beyond her control. Miroku watched dumbstruck as Sango shook and tears cascaded down her cheeks, slowly he put his arms around her shoulders in an attempt to comfort her. She struggled, trying to shake off the embrace and get away.
"Let me go! I'm useless, I can't do anything!" She beat as his chest weakly, her visions was blinded by the ongoing tears and she couldn't breathe. "Why can't you understand?"
"What can't I understand?" Miroku yelled as he trapped her hands between their bodies and wrapped his arms around her. He rested his head against her shaking shoulder; breathing in her scent and trying to understand what was bother her.
"I'm not good for anything! My fathers dying and I can't even do anything to save him!" Violent sobs racked her body as she finally gave in and stopped fighting. She buried her head in his chest and cried. Miroku gently comforted her until she fell asleep again.
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Kagome and Yash watched as Miroku gently tucked Sango into one of the spare hospital beds next to her brother. Kohaku had slept through his sister's earlier outburst and one of the nurses had offered an open bed for the two to sleep.
"Poor Sango! What are we going to do Yash?" Kagome stated as she pulled on Yash's arm. He looked down at his girlfriend, then at his best friend still tucking the love of his life in.
"I want to talk to that doctor. There has to be something we can do."
Half an hour later they sat talking to the doctor in charge of Sango's father. "And as I was saying, he has a 75% change of living if this operation is performed." Said the doctor as he wrung his hand together. "But the problem is that the family does not have the money for the operation and they firmly refuse the help of anyone else willing to help. They have said no to taking a loan as well as help from friends of the family."
"Why?!"
"Their family is very prideful, as well as pigheaded." The doctor said with a sigh. "They feel that it is dishonorable to receive help from anyone outside the family, and do the fact that those two children are his only living relatives the situation seems hopeless."
"That is the stupidest thing I have heard in my whole life." Yash and Kagome turned to see Miroku leaning against the doorframe. His normally calm face was marred by a deep frown. "What's the point of being prideful if you lose something important to you?" He walked into the room and plopped down onto the couch next to Yash.
"But Sango thinks this is very important!" Kagome said, rage coursing through her at his unjust words. "She thinks her pride is all she has left!"
"What kind of crap is that?" Miroku yelled back at her, his temper raging. "Pride means nothing in this world and anyone who clings to it like a lifeline is an idiot!"
"So I'm an idiot am I?" Miroku felt his blood run cold then hot as he turned to the person standing right behind him. Sango glared down at him with tears standing out in her eyes. Miroku felt his heart stop and then shatter in that instant. Before he could utter a word Sango had turned and bolted out of the room. Miroku jumped over the back off the couch and sprinted after her.
"Sango wait!" He yelled as he chased her down the hallway, she was racing towards the stairs with a good lead on him. She was already half way down and turning the corner when he reached the top.( AN: Ok guys, now imagine like the stairs at a school were there's like half the steps go down then there's a landing and turns 180^ and goes down again with no wall separating them..hope that helps) He glanced down at the landing below, almost 15 feet below him and gritted his teeth.
Without more thought he swung over the railing and fell to the floor below. He landed on his hands and knees as pain shot through his body. Nice landing he thought sarcastically to himself as he straightened. Sango was three steps above him and still barreling down at him, unable to stop even though a startled expression was plastered on her face.
When she reached him he grabbed her legs and lifted her into the air, she flailed around unbalanced. " I caught you!" He said smirking up at her. She glared at him and started beating his shoulders with her fist, making them bother more unstable and they fell. Miroku landed on his back with Sango on top of him and the air rushed out of him. He laid there taking deep breathes as Sango started to move above him. Quickly he resecured his hold on her legs before she could run again.
" Let me go you jackass!" She yelled as she scratched at his arms.
"Not until you listen to me." He said using his free arm to grab her hands.
" Why should I listen to you. I'm just an idiot right?"
" You hurt my feelings."
"I don't care if I hur.I what?!" She stared down as him, shocked." How did I hurt your feeling?" He smiled at her sadly.
" You didn't tell me about your father at all. Or your little brother, I didn't know anything. And then you say all you have is your pride."
" Well its true isn't it?"
"No it's not. You have me. I'll always be there for you, no matter what. And Yash and Kagome are always there for you too, why did you go through this alone?" She had stopped struggling and he brought a hand up to caress her cheek, making her look at him. His heart hurt to see her crying again. I love her so much.
" I can't ask for your help in this! My family will lose its' pride and father will die anyway if that happens!" She buried her face into his shirt.
" Marry me."
Sango's head shot up, to stare into Miroku's sincere eyes, she must have heard wrong, there's no way he could. " Excuse me????"
Well if I'm your husband it means I'm part of the family right? Will you marry me?"
" I can't...I just...." Her mind was whirling, the floor seemed to be the ceiling and the ceiling the floor, she couldn't think straight.
" You don't want to?" Hi s voice betrayed the hurt that would not show in his eyes.
"It's not that but I don't want you to sacrifice." He silenced her with the finger to her lips.
" I love you." She stared at him.
" What?"
"I love you. I'll say it a million times in a million different ways but it will still mean the same thing. I need you in my life, I would give up all I have for you."
" Miroku..I."
"Just say yes..please."
" Oh Miroku. Of course I love you so much!" She flung her arms around him and hugged him tightly, not noticing the outtake of breathe that Miroku had been holding. Neither of them noticed the two shadows watching them from the stairs above. Kagome pulled Yash away from the railing, motioning him to follow her. When they were what she deemed far enough away she turned and enveloped him in a hug. He raised an eyebrow at her display but hugged her back.
" I'm so happy for them, I was so worried."
"Yeah me to. Miroku that dog he beat me to the punch!" The last part Yash whispered into Kagome's hair.
" What did you say?"
"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Yash turned beet red and raised a hand to absently scratch his head.
" What's going on?" The happy couple turned to see a sleepy Kohaku clutching a blanket and staring at them. At the sight of the cute teenager they both broke out into relieved laughter.
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Wahoo! I finally finished this chapter! I am so sorry it took so long! Gomen. I've been busy and then I got writers blocked and lost what I was going to do. That's why the chapters choppy, I would stop then come back like a week later and not be sure what's going on. Anyway please don't give up on my and please review!
