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Chapter 23
"Shuichi-san?" Kurama opened his emerald green eyes to the starry sky. "Shuichi-san." No. It was a poster of the night sky. //I know that voice.// He turned his head and a blue eyed little girl stared back. "Morning." She told him simply.
"Miku...chan?" The fox demon sat up.
"Shiiii" she hushed him with a finger over her lips. "Some one might hear you." Kurama looked around, completely baffled.
"How did I get here?" he whispered.
"Hoyo-chan found you." On cue the little fluffy tailed animal padded over her blankets and sat down on her lap. It gave a little noise like a purr and a bark. //Weird little thing.// he couldn't help but be confused by it.
"He told you?"
"I wasn't supposed to be looking out the window." she pointed to the closed shutter on the wall. "But Hoyo-chan kept calling. When I saw you, I had to help." she told him with a worried expression. The red head noticed she continually kept a hand on her yukata, clutching it closed.
"Thank you." He blushed, she was so adorable.
Kurama looked himself over and found small scratch marks where he had been seriously hurt. The fox demon realized he was in a clean yukata and had been tucked into a soft futon.
"You helped me?" he touched his chest. He seemed to be fine although he still felt a little tired but...how...
"I'm sick so, I only helped a little..." She looked down and scratched Hoyo-chan's neck.
"Huh?" Kurama meant to ask 'who did,' when the door slid open.
"Is everything alright, Miku-san?" The old butler entered the room. The red head grabbed his blankets close to his chest. //Oh no. If he finds me here...//
"Yes!" Miku smiled brightly. "He's awake." Green eyes blinked.
"You don't mean..." Kurama was almost afraid to ask.
"Uh, huh!" Miku nodded, she was so happy even though she looked so frail. "Yuma-ojichan carried you inside and changed your clothes."
"Yuma?" The red head had a face to match his hair color.
"Don't worry." the old man spoke from the other side of the screen that devided the room. "I've been taking care of boys and young men all my life. There's nothing I haven't seen." he laughed trying to lighten the situation.
"Yeah. Yuma's the best." Miku raised her arm in praise.
"That's not the point..." Kurama mummbled, pulling the blankets closer. Were they testing how red someone could turn from one embarassing situation? Green eyes noticed Miku had lowered her arm slowly and was breathing more heavily. Hoyo-chan gave plaintive purr sound and rubbed it's little furry head against her hand.
"Yu...Yuma." She mumbled before colapsing onto her pillow.
"Miku-chan!" the fox demon exclaimed. Her chest heaved and her brow was sweaty.
"Miku-san." Yuma pulled the screen back and pushed a tray with pills and a glass of water into reach. "Oh no. She hasn't taken her medication this morning." the old man told Shuichi. The little girl pulled at her Yukata with one hand and pushed against the blankets with her other arm.
"Miku-chan." Kurama carefully pulled the girl to him to recline on his leg. He touched her light brown hair as Hoyo-chan paced, nervously.
"You have to take this." the red head took the pill from the old man. There was a distance in her eyes that probably meant she was focused on the pain in her chest. She whined and clenched her jaw.
"I'll call the doctor!" the old man rushed out of the room.
"Miku-chan." The red head put the pill in her mouth but it just rolled out as she strained against the attack. Her hands gripped at Kurama's yukata and her blankets. She cried out in painful moans as tears began to fall from her eyes. Kurama couldn't stand it.
//She didn't know anything about Shuichi but she was willing to accept me. She didn't know what happened to me and she was willing to help me. There must be something...// He remembered what he had done for Daiki. //Could it work the same way for her?//
Miku pulled at her yukata and exposed her chest. In that moment, green eye saw the scar she had been trying to hide. The terrible rise of damaged skin that marked the devision of her rib cage. The tracks of the surgery that was meant to save her life. //No more thinking!// He grabbed a new pill and put it in his own mouth along with some water.
//Please.// Kurama pulled her close, to keep her as still as possible but to also give the pill properly. The red head closed his mouth over hers and let the cool fluid deliver her medicine. //Please let this work.// Her small hands shook as she pulled on his yukata, against the pain.
"Get away from her!" Fuyuki pushed past the doctor and butler that had just come in and grabbed Miku from Kurama. Forest green eyes glared at him as he craddled her, away from the fox demon. Kurama wiped excess water from his chin with the back of his hand. His emerald green eyes were steady and maybe a little defiant. "What is he doing here! Get him out of here!"
"But sir..." the butler was flushed and still panting from all the running. Those old eyes also seemed to recognize Shuichi's purpose.
The doctor didn't bother with the conflict but checked on the girl in the master's arms. The stethaschope touched her chest that was already raising and falling more steadily, calming down.
"Yuma!" The master commanded. The old man continued to hesitate.
"You gave her, her medication?" The middle aged doctor looked at Shuichi. Fuyuki looked at the doctor and then at Kurama with a shocked kind of horror in his eyes. Not near regret but perhaps realizing his misunderstanding.
"Yes." Kurama nodded.
"That's all we can do for her." The doctor shook his head. "She'll be alright. She just needs time and rest." He touched the master's shoulder before he left the room. Fuyuki kept the little girl close, like a jewel that Kurama was trying to take away. Forest green eyes mistrusted him completely and yet...
"Daddy?" Miku's voice was weak but she was talking.
"Miku." Those intense eyes were always focused and right now looked only at her. "Are you alright?" he touched her cheek. "Don't scare daddy like that." Her tiny hand touched his face.
"Please don't be sad daddy." she almost mummbled the words.
"I'm not sad." he shook his head. "See." he managed a smile "I'll always be happy as long as you're with me."
"But why are you crying?" she asked the hard questions.
"Because..." He hugged her close, folding her into his deep red kimono contrasted by blue flames. The ashes seemed to cool into yellow birds, soaring away. A Blue ribbon bound his braided raven hair. Fuyuki...truely loves Miku, Kurama discovered. His tears were proof of that.
You've got questions? Chapters have answers. Keep reading. Oh and you're welcome to review....please? *stupid smile*
Chapter 23
"Shuichi-san?" Kurama opened his emerald green eyes to the starry sky. "Shuichi-san." No. It was a poster of the night sky. //I know that voice.// He turned his head and a blue eyed little girl stared back. "Morning." She told him simply.
"Miku...chan?" The fox demon sat up.
"Shiiii" she hushed him with a finger over her lips. "Some one might hear you." Kurama looked around, completely baffled.
"How did I get here?" he whispered.
"Hoyo-chan found you." On cue the little fluffy tailed animal padded over her blankets and sat down on her lap. It gave a little noise like a purr and a bark. //Weird little thing.// he couldn't help but be confused by it.
"He told you?"
"I wasn't supposed to be looking out the window." she pointed to the closed shutter on the wall. "But Hoyo-chan kept calling. When I saw you, I had to help." she told him with a worried expression. The red head noticed she continually kept a hand on her yukata, clutching it closed.
"Thank you." He blushed, she was so adorable.
Kurama looked himself over and found small scratch marks where he had been seriously hurt. The fox demon realized he was in a clean yukata and had been tucked into a soft futon.
"You helped me?" he touched his chest. He seemed to be fine although he still felt a little tired but...how...
"I'm sick so, I only helped a little..." She looked down and scratched Hoyo-chan's neck.
"Huh?" Kurama meant to ask 'who did,' when the door slid open.
"Is everything alright, Miku-san?" The old butler entered the room. The red head grabbed his blankets close to his chest. //Oh no. If he finds me here...//
"Yes!" Miku smiled brightly. "He's awake." Green eyes blinked.
"You don't mean..." Kurama was almost afraid to ask.
"Uh, huh!" Miku nodded, she was so happy even though she looked so frail. "Yuma-ojichan carried you inside and changed your clothes."
"Yuma?" The red head had a face to match his hair color.
"Don't worry." the old man spoke from the other side of the screen that devided the room. "I've been taking care of boys and young men all my life. There's nothing I haven't seen." he laughed trying to lighten the situation.
"Yeah. Yuma's the best." Miku raised her arm in praise.
"That's not the point..." Kurama mummbled, pulling the blankets closer. Were they testing how red someone could turn from one embarassing situation? Green eyes noticed Miku had lowered her arm slowly and was breathing more heavily. Hoyo-chan gave plaintive purr sound and rubbed it's little furry head against her hand.
"Yu...Yuma." She mumbled before colapsing onto her pillow.
"Miku-chan!" the fox demon exclaimed. Her chest heaved and her brow was sweaty.
"Miku-san." Yuma pulled the screen back and pushed a tray with pills and a glass of water into reach. "Oh no. She hasn't taken her medication this morning." the old man told Shuichi. The little girl pulled at her Yukata with one hand and pushed against the blankets with her other arm.
"Miku-chan." Kurama carefully pulled the girl to him to recline on his leg. He touched her light brown hair as Hoyo-chan paced, nervously.
"You have to take this." the red head took the pill from the old man. There was a distance in her eyes that probably meant she was focused on the pain in her chest. She whined and clenched her jaw.
"I'll call the doctor!" the old man rushed out of the room.
"Miku-chan." The red head put the pill in her mouth but it just rolled out as she strained against the attack. Her hands gripped at Kurama's yukata and her blankets. She cried out in painful moans as tears began to fall from her eyes. Kurama couldn't stand it.
//She didn't know anything about Shuichi but she was willing to accept me. She didn't know what happened to me and she was willing to help me. There must be something...// He remembered what he had done for Daiki. //Could it work the same way for her?//
Miku pulled at her yukata and exposed her chest. In that moment, green eye saw the scar she had been trying to hide. The terrible rise of damaged skin that marked the devision of her rib cage. The tracks of the surgery that was meant to save her life. //No more thinking!// He grabbed a new pill and put it in his own mouth along with some water.
//Please.// Kurama pulled her close, to keep her as still as possible but to also give the pill properly. The red head closed his mouth over hers and let the cool fluid deliver her medicine. //Please let this work.// Her small hands shook as she pulled on his yukata, against the pain.
"Get away from her!" Fuyuki pushed past the doctor and butler that had just come in and grabbed Miku from Kurama. Forest green eyes glared at him as he craddled her, away from the fox demon. Kurama wiped excess water from his chin with the back of his hand. His emerald green eyes were steady and maybe a little defiant. "What is he doing here! Get him out of here!"
"But sir..." the butler was flushed and still panting from all the running. Those old eyes also seemed to recognize Shuichi's purpose.
The doctor didn't bother with the conflict but checked on the girl in the master's arms. The stethaschope touched her chest that was already raising and falling more steadily, calming down.
"Yuma!" The master commanded. The old man continued to hesitate.
"You gave her, her medication?" The middle aged doctor looked at Shuichi. Fuyuki looked at the doctor and then at Kurama with a shocked kind of horror in his eyes. Not near regret but perhaps realizing his misunderstanding.
"Yes." Kurama nodded.
"That's all we can do for her." The doctor shook his head. "She'll be alright. She just needs time and rest." He touched the master's shoulder before he left the room. Fuyuki kept the little girl close, like a jewel that Kurama was trying to take away. Forest green eyes mistrusted him completely and yet...
"Daddy?" Miku's voice was weak but she was talking.
"Miku." Those intense eyes were always focused and right now looked only at her. "Are you alright?" he touched her cheek. "Don't scare daddy like that." Her tiny hand touched his face.
"Please don't be sad daddy." she almost mummbled the words.
"I'm not sad." he shook his head. "See." he managed a smile "I'll always be happy as long as you're with me."
"But why are you crying?" she asked the hard questions.
"Because..." He hugged her close, folding her into his deep red kimono contrasted by blue flames. The ashes seemed to cool into yellow birds, soaring away. A Blue ribbon bound his braided raven hair. Fuyuki...truely loves Miku, Kurama discovered. His tears were proof of that.