Twisted Love
Chapter 24: Recovery
Hime's laugh still echoed at she dissapeared. Miroku fell on to the floor, panting as he looked as his right hand and then at the destruction he just did. Cars moved and some trees were gone. Sango knelt next to him, placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Miroku," Sango said softly. "Miroku, are you okay?"
"Th-This is my curse..." Miroku whispered. "Sh-She just destoried my life"
"Don't say that!" Elizabeth yelled. "You still"
"Look!" Souta poined at the house. The pieces of the broken windows came back together to seem like nothing ever took place. The bodies of the dead youkai dissapeared, the blood from the grass dissapeared, leaving the healthy green grass in it's wake. They could hear everything inside move back to it's place. Kagura's feather could still be seen by the horizon, leaving everything behind. Hitomi was on the feather with her, looking back at the sleeping Serenity. The destoried cars and the other houses repaired themselves. InuYasha winced as he felt his original wounds appear on his flesh again.
"Fuck" InuYasha rasped out. Kouga growled and ran in to the house. Kagome groaned loudly, her wounds from being hit by the wind scar opening up. InuYasha tried to pick her up, but his own wounds stopped him. Bryant picked up Kagome, walking in to the house. Sesshomaru let InuYasha's right arm drap over his shoulder, while Amy did the same with his left. Elizabeth winced slightly, taking Souta inside. Miroku helped Sango up and they walked in to the house. Rin followed them, looking back as everything that was destoried fixed itself as if nothing ever happened.
Amy ran in to the bathroom, grabbing the first aid kit. Everyone watched as she set it down and ran up the stairs. Few minutes later, she returned with four more first aid kits.
"Amy, what are you doing?" Elizabeth asked. Amy frowned and looked at her.
"What's it look like?" Amy asked. "My mother is a nurse, I know everything about this. Kouga, go put Serenity up in her room. Elizabeth, bring lots of water up there. Bryant, set Kagome up in her room and Elizabeth bring some water up there to. InuYasha, get your ass on that couch and Lizzie, some water for him to. Souta, you and Rin go make some tea for everyone and..." Amy dug in to her pockets. "Put three drops of this in every cup. Rin, no more then three drops. Miroku, take Sango in to one of the guest room and seat yourself in one to. Sesshomaru...uh, just stay here with InuYasha and make sure he doesn't move a muscle.Okay, people! Go!"
Everyone followed Amy's orders. She sighed. Grabbing one of the first aid kits, she ran to the person who needed her attention the most. She ran up the stairs and opened Serenity's door. Elizabeth came out and she went in.
"Doctor Amy" Elizabeth nodded at her. Amy smiled. She opened up the kit and dug out bandages, antibiotics, alcohol, and cotton-balls. "Move it, wolf"
She took off the obi and then looked up at Kouga. "Get her some clean clothes"
Amy worked on Serenity's wounds, gently cleaning then and then wrapping her in bandages. She put a band-aid across Serenity's nose, wrapped her stomach in bandages, and her right wrist was sprained. Amy smiled at her handi work and closed the kit. Taking a spoon, she pourned some green liquid.
"Lift up her head a bit" Amy said as Kouga quietly obeyed. She poured the liquid in to her mouth. "It'll prevent infection. I'll have Souta bring up the tea."
"Why tea?" Kouga asked as Amy retreated. She stopped.
"I made Rin put three drops of a special medicine which will help heal any wound faster. Not as fast as a youkai, but not humaly slow either." She opened the door. "Get her dressed and keep her warm."
She sighed as she ran down the stairs and grabbed the next first aid kit. She knelt down in front of InuYasha. "Shirt off, dog-boy"
InuYasha took his shirt off and allowed Amy to wrap in in bandages. After she was done, she turned to Sesshomaru. "Dude, get him a clean shirt and some clean pants to."
She got up and tweaked his ear. "Amy!"
"Yes?"
"Thank you" InuYasha mumbled. "Go take care of Kagome, please"
"Alright" Amy turned back around. "Almost forgot!"
She gave him the green antibiotic. "Drink this"
"Ew, what the fuck is that?"
"Drink it man! Think of your sister, will you"
"Feh" InuYasha drank the spoonfull of green liquid. He made a face. "That's nasty"
"Look in the mirror and you'll see something pretty nasty." Amy winked at him, he growled. "Kidding...but you could use a bath before I have to change your bandages later"
"Go!"
"Going..."
"Oh, and tell Bryant to come down!"
"Kay!"
Amy took another first aid kit and ran back up the stairs. Opening the door to Kagome's room, she found Kagome awake.
"Bryant, InuYasha wants to speak to you"
"Alright" He turned to leave.
"Thank you!" Kagome yelled after him.
"Mm-hmm" Bryant smiled and left the room. Amy sighed.
"Alrighty, let's see what I can do for you"
Kagome removed the rag from her side, revealing the amout of blood. Amy gasped. "Moving..."
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"Bryant" InuYasha looked up at his friend. Bryant sat down in front of him. "I-I wanted to thank you"
"For what?"
"For saving Kagome...when the arrow almost hit her"
"Oh"
"H-How did you stop the arrow?" InuYasha asked, already dressed in clean clothing. "You were so far..."
"Dunno" Bryant shrugged. "I saw you couldn't make it and I didn't want you to loose someone that you loved, I didn't want the same thing that happened to me happen to you. So, I just extended my hands and concentrated on freezing the time around the arrow. I guess that stopped it."
"Y-You lost someone you loved?" InuYasha asked.
"Yeah" Bryant sighed. He could already feel the tears prick his eyes. "Sh-She was killed, by some assholes that had no life."
"How?"
"We were talking online when she told her her mother needed some medicine for her sick brother. It was a summer night, so she put her away message on and I knew she left to the store. Just to see her, I put on a clean shirt and my sneakers. She only lived half a block away from the store, so I knew I had to hurry. It was really hot that night. So I left my house. I walked about two blocks until I reached the store, but I saw walking back away from the store, she was going home. I got mad that I missed her, so I started to walk back home. I heard her scream and I ran over towards where I saw her. When I turned that corner, I didn't see anybody." Bryant stopped for a few seconds, letting a tear fall from his eye.
"If you don't-"
"It's okay, I have to get it off my chest" Bryant shook his head. "I didn't hear anybody so I started to walk forward, to where her house was. I heard her scream again and I ran in the direction I heard her. It was coming from inside an abonded dry cleaner place down her block. I went inside, and I saw three guys walking out the back door, pulling their fucking pants up. When I saw her, I wanted to die. Besides raping her, they stabbed her. It was my fault! I was going to go after her when I saw her leaving the store, but instead I turned to go back home. If I would ran only a few feet I would've caught up with her and those guys wouldn't have taken her away. It's my fault she died, I could've prevented it!"
"Bryant-" Rin covered her mouth her hands. "I'm so sorry. Didn't some Juliette girl die to?"
"It's alright" Bryant wiped his tear away. "And yes Rin, Juliette was just a friend though"
"What was her name?" InuYasha asked.
"Her name was Myaka" Bryant sighed. He closed his eyes. "Never in my life had I ever met someone that brough me so much peace and happiness as her. My own mother didn't bring me the feeling I felt whenever I was with Myaka. Any excuse I could find to go see her, I would use it, just to hug her, to see her smile, and to hear her voice. I've never found anyone else like her. Pretty desperate, but I didn't care. Anything..."
"Bryant..." InuYasha winced. "Thank you...for saving Kagome and sharing that with me"
"No problem" Bryant sighed and got up, yawning. "Think I can crash here, Yasha?"
"Sure"
"Good, then I'm gonna go to bed. After today, I could use a good rest" Bryant smiled and left for a guest room. He went up the stairs and closed the door shut. Lying on the bed, Bryant looked up at the ceiling. He closed his eyes.
"Myaka, what the hell are you doing?" Bryant asked the brown haired girl. She turned to stare at him, her light brown eyes pinning him with a incredulous look.
"Shhhh!" Myaka whispered. "You'll wake up my grandmother"
"Your grandmother, sweetie, wouldn't hear a train if it passed right next to her"
Myaka slapped his arm. "You're so mean"
"Yet you still love me"
"Might have to remind me why" Myaka giggled. She grabbed his hand as she slowly opened the backyard door. "Shhhh"
"Alright, alright" Bryant whispered back. She led him outside and slowly closed the door behind them.
"C'mon" Myaka dug a key from her pocket.
"Woman, we could've gone out the front door" Bryant said. Myaka snorted.
"This way is much bett-Ahh!" Myaka screamed, but was cut off when his hand covered her mouth.
"Myaka, do you want to get caught?" Bryant whispered. Myaka's breath was heavy. "It was a cat's tail, that touched your leg"
He released her mouth. Myaka put her hand against her chest. "Phew!"
"Alright, gimme the key" Bryant grabbed the key from her hand and opened the lock to the back gate. He opened it, the gate making a small creak.
"Time?" Bryant asked.
"1:36am" Myaka replied. Bryant nodded.
"We got exactly three hours and forty-five minutes"
"Yep, yep" Myaka grabbed his hand as they ran through the streets. The thunder started to sound, the lightning illuminated the sky, and the rain started to pour.
"You cold?" Bryant asked.
"Not really!" Myaka answered. He nodded and began to continue walking in the park. "Getting caught in April showers..."
"Yep...It was your idea, remember" Bryant smiled at her and pulled her along behind him. Goosebumps rose in his skin as the night's air came to him.
"Cold?"
"No" Bryant led her around the park. "You and your stupid ideas..." He immitated Myaka's voice "Bryant, it's gonna rain tonight! Let's go take a walk in the middle of the night because I wanna get caught in the storm!"
Myaka laughed, hitting his arm. "You could've said no"
"Like I really would've..."
Myaka hugged him. "Love you"
He smiled. "And I love you"
"Bryant..."
He sat up and looked at Amy. She smiled at him. "What?"
"You hungry? Dinner was just brought here"
"Oh, yeah I'm pretty hungry"
"Okay, then come eat" Amy smiled and closed the door behind her. Bryant got up and sighed. He went after Amy.
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"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes,"
"I'm serious, are you positive?"
"Yes!' Serenity shouted, making InuYasha cringe.
"Feh"
"C'mon, I have to change the bandages on your arm" Kagome dragged the hanyou out of there. Bryant sat down next to Serenity.
"Where's Kouga?"
"He left this morning, he'll be back later though"
"Oh"
"Yashie told me...about Myaka...he was sad, so I asked him why"
"..."
"I'm sorry, you didn't deserve that...twice"
"Yeah, well...That's the way life is, life's a bitch sometimes"
"You'll find someone, I know you will"
Bryant got up and started for the door. "Sometimes, Serenity, I wish I could believe that"
And he was gone, leaving Serenity in her room.