I'm back… man I'm tired!
Chapter
15, Between life and death
It was
small hours and everyone else was asleep. Sango hadn't slept well
because of the worry about Miroku. She lied on the sofa near his bed
and tried to sleep at least bit more, before the others would awake.
Then
she heard a faint moan and sat up. At first she thought that Miroku
was awakening, but then she realized that he had a nightmare. He was
sweating and it seemed that he had hard pains.
"Miroku." She whispered and walked beside him. "Everything is
okay. I'm here."
She
grabbed his hand and he seemed to relax a bit, but not much. Sango
felt tears in her eyes. What if he wasn't going to survive?
She
shook hear head, trying to stop thinking that he was dying. Inuyasha
and Kagome would awake soon, and she knew she had to sleep at least a
bit. The sun was about to rise, and the golden light shone from the
window.
Sango
leant her head onto his chest and whispered: "Please God… don't
let Miroku die."
Then
she fell asleep, her head on his chest, and neither Inuyasha nor
Kagome wake her up when they came to see Miroku.
At the
breakfast the healer told that Miroku's condition was the same than
yesterday. He had nightmares though, but the healer couldn't say
had the transfusion helped or not. The others were quiet. The fear
inside them started to grow again.
Then
Kagome said: "I'm going to go back home to bring some medicine to
Miroku."
"That's
a good idea." Agreed Tsuki. "Maybe it could help him to get
better."
"That
depends on what kind of medicine you're going to bring." Said the
healer. "Something what alleviates pain."
Kagome
nodded. "Can I borrow Kirara?"
"Of
course you can." Promised Sango. "I think Inuyasha should go with
you."
"What?
Why should I go with her?" Inuyasha cried out.
"Because if something happens to her on the road to the well,
no-one can save her and bring the medicine to Miroku." Answered
Sango, and Inuyasha mumbled something.
"I
think it's a good idea." Said Tsuki. "You should go."
"Okay,
okay!" Huffed Inuyasha, fatalistically. "Let's go then."
So
Kagome and Inuyasha left with Kirara, leaving Sango alone with her
thoughts. She walked in the village and on the bank, looking the
demon's island with hatred. She didn't know how long it would
take to fly to the well and come back, and she wasn't sure could
Miroku stand the pain all that time.
'That
bastard demon…' She thought while standing on the bank. 'I
swear I will kill him!'
Sango
returned to the mansion at the dawn and found Tsuki with the healer
from the library, again. They were talking quietly, and the fire in
the fireplace was about to fade.
"How's
Miroku?" Sango asked and walked to them.
"He's
balancing between life and death. I cannot be sure before tomorrow,
when I can see the effects of transfusion."
Sango
sighed. "Right… I just hope he doesn't give up before Inuyasha
and Kagome come back."
"Yeah…
If they won't, Miroku doesn't have many chances. The pain may
take over." Said Tsuki.
Sango
turned towards the healer. "If this continues, and if Inuyasha and
Kagome won't make it in time, how much time he has left?"
The
healer thought a moment. "If the effects are good, he may survive.
But if they aren't… he dies in two or three days."
Sango
hide her shock and nodded. Then she walked away, to Miroku's room,
leaving Tsuki and healer to the quiet library.
Miroku
was very pale and he was breathing in fits and starts. Sango sat to
the edge of his bead and buried her face to her hands. Then she
cried, until the sun went down.
'He doesn't have much time left.' She thought. 'I won't forgive myself if he dies!'
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