Well, I got the reviews FAR faster than I had ever expected to. As a result, I'm giving you the hospital blues pt. 2. PT. (prototype)
I'm cutting my comments short, since I have little time. The demand for reviews has been met! I am upping the # of required chapters to about…10 more. I need time to finish the 3rd chapter! I'm not even near done this story anyway! (I'm aiming for 5 chapters.)
Please alert me if you see ANY errors (indenting aside).
Good news, though. I found out my leg is fine when I take off the cast! The cast simply halts the blood flow. Good thing my dad's a doc, or else my foot would be purple! (and it was!)
Hospital blues: chapter 2.
Morning came for Yusuke in the form of a rather loud 'bang'.
He looked around dazedly for the source of the noise, seeing the blurred silhouette of a person picking up what seemed to be a vase of flowers. Shaking the cobwebs from his head, he tried to stretch, only to find that he was hindered by a rather large cast, extending from his knuckles to his shoulder. Yusuke began to think back to the medical procedure, up to the point that they sedated him for making too much noise during the operation.
'Figures,' He thought, trying to sit up. Again, something hindered him. This time it was too many wires and tubes to count, attached to every conceivable section of his body. 'What the hell?' he wondered, gazing at the hundreds of wires. He began to yank them out.
Just as soon as he had thought this, the person, a nurse as it so happened, spoke. "Oh, you're awake." She commented, mostly to herself. "Good morning!" She said, this time directed to him, ignoring the fact that he was ripping the wires out furiously. Yusuke paused, immediately pinned this one down as 'airhead'.
"I have a question." He said. "Are all of these wires really necessary? I broke my arm, and that's all!" He said, finding himself getting angry for no particular reason.
"Well, this monitors your heart rate, which is…110," she stated, pointing to the wire attached to his finger.
"What's that got to do with my arm?" Yusuke asked, curious.
"Well…I don't know. It's just standard procedure," she explained.
"And these…electrodes?" He asked, hoping he had gotten the term right, pointing to the suction cups on his chest.
"Oh…I don't know. It's just standard protocol, as I said," she reminded, cleaning the mess caused by the knocked over flowers. "I guess doctors don't like to take any chances because of all of the lawsuits. So don't blame them if you get a runaround. I've got to go now! Bye bye!" she said, waving before heading out.
"But then who CAN I yell at?" Yusuke whined after her.
"No one. That's just the way life is." Said Kurama's rather soothing voice.
Yusuke looked right and left for his old friend, (no pun intended), but was unable to see him.
"Down here Yusuke," said Kurama's voice, this time sounding rather irate.
Yusuke struggled to look over the corner of his raised bed, and found that Kurama was…abnormally short.
"Kurama…how high is this bed?" he asked, searching for the controls with his left hand.
"About two feet off the ground." He answered. "Why do you ask?"
"Because…you seem to be, well," Yusuke struggled to find the right word, trying to use the manners Keiko had slapped into him. He gave up, knowing that Kurama could take it. "Well, shorter than Hiei."
Kurama nodded. "Well, I'm in a wheelchair," he explained. "A broken leg would normally put me in crutches, but the wrist eliminates that option."
"And I heard that, Detective." Said Hiei's sharp voice.
"There you are!" Yusuke said, seeing the tips of Hiei's hair approach the mattress. "Man, did they put you in a wheelchair too?"
"Yes, they did. And I hate the damned thing!" He spat hatefully.
"But you don't have any real arm injuries! Why didn't they put you in crutches?"
A low growl told everyone that it was a touchy subject, but the fox simply blurted the truth.
"He was too short for them. The doctors didn't have crutches that were Hiei's height!"
"Just get him some of the kid's crutches!" Yusuke said jokingly.
"Those crutches can't support his weight." Kurama said.
"Aw…too much sweet snow, Hiei?" Yusuke teased.
Do you like heated bed sheets?" Hiei said in a threatening voice.
"Is everyone else here?" He asked, ignoring Hiei's remark.
"No. Touya and Kuwabara are still out of it. Touya was hit pretty hard, and Kuwabara's sleeping."
"I see. And how did you two get out of these wires?" Yusuke asked, anxious to get out of the confining things.
"Hiei simply detached them and threatened the nurse and doctor until they gave him a wheelchair."
"I see…and how did you get out?"
"I simply wheeled my bed over and proceeded to stick the wires to you." He said casually.
"Hey! That's not cool!" Yusuke shouted, yanking out the last wires before getting up. "Let's go find the others." he said.
"I'm not going anywhere." Said Hiei. "It's humiliating that I have to move so slow. Even then, I end up crashing into walls." He said disdainfully.
"Well, Hiei, you may want to reconsider." Said Yusuke, grinning as he climbed out of the bed.
"Just tell me, Detective," snapped Hiei.
"We're going to the cafeteria first," said Yusuke.
"Hn. What's so good about the cafeteria?" Asked Hiei.
"Patients get as much sweet snow as they want for free." Yusuke whispered to Hiei.
Sorry I had to cut this one so short! I have to finish the other chapter now, along with finish some work!
The next chapter includes Touya and Kuwabara.
New limit:
10 reviews.