The 12th Street Apartment
11/23/2003
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
Hey everyone!!
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Recap: Jin and Gina's showdown, Gina ends up in the hospital... will she live?
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+Review Responses+
Unique-Starfish: Thank you... I must really underestimate my abilities... and I do I agree... Jin must be one way or another be gone... and I know... I LOVE cliffhangers... ^.^ (readers do not though) Thank you once again for reading!!
Purpo kitee kat: Yup... you guessed right!!
HarukoNigihayami: Thanks for reviewing... I'm not a person big on action... but I'll try.
MissBehavin-: Well... if I had Saitou wring Jin's neck, he would end up with probably capital punishment... and that wouldn't be fun... I'll see what I can do with Jin...
ARCHANGEMON: ee cummings is an American poet who did not believe in capitalization because he believed it gave importance to words that did not need it... try reading some of his poems...they are quite interesting...
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"How is she?" Megumi arrived at the hospital with Sano.
Saitou Hajime looked around the hospital waiting room.
Tokio was clinging to his arm, sobbing her eyes out. Her eyes were puffy.
Aya was resting, with her head against the wall; eyes closed as trickles of tears flowed from her lids.
Yumi was bawling loudly, not care what a mess she looked. She gratefully accepted tissues from the man beside her. He moved away quickly.
Even Mrs. Tamba looked like she had watery eyes. She was tapping her cane impatiently.
"They have no idea what happened to her..."
"How come?" Sano asked folding his arms.
"Because her wrists were slit, but she was stabbed in the back and the shoulder..." Kenshin replied digging his nails into a flimsy Styrofoam cup.
"So where's Aoshi?" Megumi searched the area.
Kenshin shrugged, "I don't know... he won't answer his cell phone... I left a massage though..."
"Here." Aoshi walked slowly, "I got your message and found this in her room..."
Kenshin looked over the letter, "She wrote this?"
Saitou snatched the letter to read it, "No..."
"What is it?" Tokio rubbed her eyes again.
"A suicide note..." Aoshi said, "But it doesn't seem to be her writing... although the thoughts could be hers... the writing style is unlike hers..."
"Gina doesn't like pink." Yumi pointed out.
Aoshi expected his grandmother to make a comment, but she was surprising silent.
Mrs. Tamba read the letter, before handing it back to Aoshi and leaving.
"What happened?" Sano commented watching the elderly woman hobble away.
"There were some things about how Grandmother treated Gina in there..." Aoshi replied.
"So how is Gina?" Megumi asked again, "Her condition."
Kenshin looked up, "The wound in her shoulder isn't deep. The one in her back luckily missed puncturing her lung... but still could be dangerous... She also slit her wrist... she lost a LOT of blood... she fighting for her life now..."
In frustration, Aoshi punched the wall. He jerked his hand back, "If she was depressed... I SHOULD I noticed it... I'm a psychiatrist, I'm her brother... I even live with her!... I'm SUPPOSE to notice these signs..." He raised his fist to punch the wall again.
A wrinkled hand lightly fell on his. Aoshi let it guide his hand down. "No... I should have seen this coming..." There was a soft voice.
Aoshi spun around, "Grandmother?"
The old woman's eyes were brimming with sorrow, "She's different... from all of you..."
"Different isn't always bad." Megumi stated, gripping Sano's hand tighter.
Grandmother nodded softly, "Tell her when she come around that I'm sorry..." With that the elderly woman hobbled away.
(A/N: Well... I couldn't make grandmother COMPLETELY horrid... that was really OCC I know... well... pain make people act differently...)
Saitou could barely suppress the grin that threatened to appear on his face; maybe his mother-in-law was doing some introspection of her own...
"What do I do with this letter?" Aoshi said.
"Give it here... I'll give it to the investigators..." Saitou took the letter and shoved it deep in his jacket.
"They're investigating her suicide attempt?" Aoshi glanced around.
"No... things didn't really add up..." Kenshin said slowly.
Aoshi's face scrunched up, "How so?"
"She got stabbed in the back... It's too strange for there not to be an investigation..."
"Mr. And Mrs. Saitou?" A pale young doctor came out of the gray doors.
Tokio glanced up and straightened herself, "Yes?" She ran a nervous hand through her hair.
Saitou gripped his wife's hand a little tighter.
Yumi crushed the tissues in her hand.
Aya's eyes snapped wide-open, fear in each of them.
Kenshin tossed the cup over the doctor's head. The doctor ducked. The cup bounced off the trashcan, and landed on the white smooth ground. Kenshin stared at it.
Aoshi shifted his glaze, avoiding everyone of his family's.
"You're daughter Gina has suffered extreme blood loss; from the slit wrist, to the wounds in her shoulders and back. The wound in her back was not deep enough to puncture her lungs, but she did have some internal bleeding... She also has suffered trauma to her head..."
"And all that adds up to..." Aya glared at the doctor, who cowered back slightly.
"Er... excuse me?" He shuffled back another few steps.
"Her current CONDITION!" Sano exclaimed.
The doctor nodded quickly, "Gina... is in coma..."
***
Saitou got up a left quickly, "I have to go to work."
"Hajime?" Tokio frowned slightly as he gently uncurled her fingers around his arm.
"Dad? You okay?" Kenshin looked concerned as he knelt and picked up the crushed cup.
"I'm fine." Saitou said through his teeth, "I need to watch this investigation closely, keep in touch." He left; his brisk walk in anger.
"We should all get home... it's late now..." Aya said softly. Megumi and Sano departed first.
Aya, Tokio and Yumi left together. Kenshin's shift was coming up and so he left when a call came in.
Aoshi glanced around the waiting room; it was plain white and now empty. He shuffled away.
***
Saitou Hajime tapped his fingers anxiously waiting to be brief about... SOMETHING; anything that would keep his mind off Gina.
He glanced at his phone; the red light was blinking. He sighed and dialed his mailbox.
A minute later he was gone from his room; yelling for someone... anyone to come quickly. The black cord was left hanging, as she phone swing around back and forth, and the message played again and again.
The message of pain, anger, blood and the only piece of truth
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Sorry is SUCH a short chapter...
I wanted to put it up in time... I'm SO busy now... Thanksgiving is coming up and teachers and loading work...
The next update probably will not be until after Thanksgiving... I'll try though...
No promises... I'm away for Thanksgiving...
Anyways... please review... and Happy Thanksgiving!!
Next on the 12th Street Apartment: Gina's condition... and the investigation.
11/23/2003
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will.
Hey everyone!!
*********
Recap: Jin and Gina's showdown, Gina ends up in the hospital... will she live?
*********
+Review Responses+
Unique-Starfish: Thank you... I must really underestimate my abilities... and I do I agree... Jin must be one way or another be gone... and I know... I LOVE cliffhangers... ^.^ (readers do not though) Thank you once again for reading!!
Purpo kitee kat: Yup... you guessed right!!
HarukoNigihayami: Thanks for reviewing... I'm not a person big on action... but I'll try.
MissBehavin-: Well... if I had Saitou wring Jin's neck, he would end up with probably capital punishment... and that wouldn't be fun... I'll see what I can do with Jin...
ARCHANGEMON: ee cummings is an American poet who did not believe in capitalization because he believed it gave importance to words that did not need it... try reading some of his poems...they are quite interesting...
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"How is she?" Megumi arrived at the hospital with Sano.
Saitou Hajime looked around the hospital waiting room.
Tokio was clinging to his arm, sobbing her eyes out. Her eyes were puffy.
Aya was resting, with her head against the wall; eyes closed as trickles of tears flowed from her lids.
Yumi was bawling loudly, not care what a mess she looked. She gratefully accepted tissues from the man beside her. He moved away quickly.
Even Mrs. Tamba looked like she had watery eyes. She was tapping her cane impatiently.
"They have no idea what happened to her..."
"How come?" Sano asked folding his arms.
"Because her wrists were slit, but she was stabbed in the back and the shoulder..." Kenshin replied digging his nails into a flimsy Styrofoam cup.
"So where's Aoshi?" Megumi searched the area.
Kenshin shrugged, "I don't know... he won't answer his cell phone... I left a massage though..."
"Here." Aoshi walked slowly, "I got your message and found this in her room..."
Kenshin looked over the letter, "She wrote this?"
Saitou snatched the letter to read it, "No..."
"What is it?" Tokio rubbed her eyes again.
"A suicide note..." Aoshi said, "But it doesn't seem to be her writing... although the thoughts could be hers... the writing style is unlike hers..."
"Gina doesn't like pink." Yumi pointed out.
Aoshi expected his grandmother to make a comment, but she was surprising silent.
Mrs. Tamba read the letter, before handing it back to Aoshi and leaving.
"What happened?" Sano commented watching the elderly woman hobble away.
"There were some things about how Grandmother treated Gina in there..." Aoshi replied.
"So how is Gina?" Megumi asked again, "Her condition."
Kenshin looked up, "The wound in her shoulder isn't deep. The one in her back luckily missed puncturing her lung... but still could be dangerous... She also slit her wrist... she lost a LOT of blood... she fighting for her life now..."
In frustration, Aoshi punched the wall. He jerked his hand back, "If she was depressed... I SHOULD I noticed it... I'm a psychiatrist, I'm her brother... I even live with her!... I'm SUPPOSE to notice these signs..." He raised his fist to punch the wall again.
A wrinkled hand lightly fell on his. Aoshi let it guide his hand down. "No... I should have seen this coming..." There was a soft voice.
Aoshi spun around, "Grandmother?"
The old woman's eyes were brimming with sorrow, "She's different... from all of you..."
"Different isn't always bad." Megumi stated, gripping Sano's hand tighter.
Grandmother nodded softly, "Tell her when she come around that I'm sorry..." With that the elderly woman hobbled away.
(A/N: Well... I couldn't make grandmother COMPLETELY horrid... that was really OCC I know... well... pain make people act differently...)
Saitou could barely suppress the grin that threatened to appear on his face; maybe his mother-in-law was doing some introspection of her own...
"What do I do with this letter?" Aoshi said.
"Give it here... I'll give it to the investigators..." Saitou took the letter and shoved it deep in his jacket.
"They're investigating her suicide attempt?" Aoshi glanced around.
"No... things didn't really add up..." Kenshin said slowly.
Aoshi's face scrunched up, "How so?"
"She got stabbed in the back... It's too strange for there not to be an investigation..."
"Mr. And Mrs. Saitou?" A pale young doctor came out of the gray doors.
Tokio glanced up and straightened herself, "Yes?" She ran a nervous hand through her hair.
Saitou gripped his wife's hand a little tighter.
Yumi crushed the tissues in her hand.
Aya's eyes snapped wide-open, fear in each of them.
Kenshin tossed the cup over the doctor's head. The doctor ducked. The cup bounced off the trashcan, and landed on the white smooth ground. Kenshin stared at it.
Aoshi shifted his glaze, avoiding everyone of his family's.
"You're daughter Gina has suffered extreme blood loss; from the slit wrist, to the wounds in her shoulders and back. The wound in her back was not deep enough to puncture her lungs, but she did have some internal bleeding... She also has suffered trauma to her head..."
"And all that adds up to..." Aya glared at the doctor, who cowered back slightly.
"Er... excuse me?" He shuffled back another few steps.
"Her current CONDITION!" Sano exclaimed.
The doctor nodded quickly, "Gina... is in coma..."
***
Saitou got up a left quickly, "I have to go to work."
"Hajime?" Tokio frowned slightly as he gently uncurled her fingers around his arm.
"Dad? You okay?" Kenshin looked concerned as he knelt and picked up the crushed cup.
"I'm fine." Saitou said through his teeth, "I need to watch this investigation closely, keep in touch." He left; his brisk walk in anger.
"We should all get home... it's late now..." Aya said softly. Megumi and Sano departed first.
Aya, Tokio and Yumi left together. Kenshin's shift was coming up and so he left when a call came in.
Aoshi glanced around the waiting room; it was plain white and now empty. He shuffled away.
***
Saitou Hajime tapped his fingers anxiously waiting to be brief about... SOMETHING; anything that would keep his mind off Gina.
He glanced at his phone; the red light was blinking. He sighed and dialed his mailbox.
A minute later he was gone from his room; yelling for someone... anyone to come quickly. The black cord was left hanging, as she phone swing around back and forth, and the message played again and again.
The message of pain, anger, blood and the only piece of truth
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Sorry is SUCH a short chapter...
I wanted to put it up in time... I'm SO busy now... Thanksgiving is coming up and teachers and loading work...
The next update probably will not be until after Thanksgiving... I'll try though...
No promises... I'm away for Thanksgiving...
Anyways... please review... and Happy Thanksgiving!!
Next on the 12th Street Apartment: Gina's condition... and the investigation.