A.N. YAY! Fast update. (Three chapters left after this! Woot woot!)
Chapter 5- At Long Last

First Hatori surveyed the wound. It was obvious to him, a trained professional, that Akito had narrowly missed stabbing a hole in his own heart. As it was, Akito probably hadn't hit anything major and had fainted simply from the sensation of the knife entering his flesh.

Hatori sighed and dismissed the others with a wave of his hand.

"Akito," he said wrapping his hand around his own knife. "I love you, but sometimes you can be a real pain," and on the word 'pain' he extracted his knife from Akito's chest and covered the wound with a clean towel.

While applying pressure with the towel, Hatori tried to get Akito's kimono off so that he could bandage the wound. As it turned out, Akito wasn't wearing anything under his kimono.

Hatori blushed bright pink (even though he had seen Akito naked many times before during physical exams) and draped a blanket over Akito so that it covered him from waist down.

Hari removed the towel and looked at the stab mark really closely. It actually wasn't so bad, but would need disinfecting.

Before Hatori could even call her name, Kagura came in with a stack of clean towels and bandages in one hand and two pairs of gloves in the other.

She handed Hari one of the pairs of gloves and put on the other. From her pocket she took out a plastic baggy of cotton balls.

Hatori was visibly impressed. "Domo arigatou Kagura."

Kagura grinned. "Dozo!"

Hatori and Kagura set to work. A half an hour later, Hatori stepped back. "Well, he looks better than he did a half an hour ago."

Kagura nodded. "Very nicely bandaged. How long do you figure he'll be out for?"

The corner of Hatori's mouth twitched. "Hard to say," he said grabbing a clean syringe and needle and filling it with clear liquid. "As long as I keep him sedated, I suppose." Kagura grabbed the last clean towel and held it to her mouth to stifle her laughter as Hatori delivered a dosage of sedative to Akito.

Kagura wiped the tears out of her eyes. "What are you sedating him for?"

"Simple," Hatori answered, removing his gloves and washing his hands. "If I allow Akito to regain consciousness within the next 24 hours, he will undoubtedly be running about ordering everyone around and will probably hurt himself."

"I see," Kagura said chuckling. "At least all of the Sohmas are safe now."

"At long last," Hatori agreed smiling.

"Hatori!" Yuki yelled bursting in. "It's Haru! He won't wake up!"

-tbc-


A.N. Ooooooh ANOTHER cliff-hanger! Don't worry, I'll update soon. Love and hugs to all who still read this even though I've been an absolutely lousy updater.