HOLY CRAP, I AM SO SORRY! This week has been mayhem. I have had to work on an English project, then work on a paper on King Henry VII of England (who is a bastard beyond all reason. Seriously he killed how many wives! Like Four!), and then I had to study for a Tae Kwon Do graduation that I thought was next week. Not only all of that, but I had very small writer's block, but I got over it. Inuyasha DVDs heal anything.
Just to let you know, this is in fact the second story of a trinity. No, Inuyasha and Kagome don't wait to tell each other their feelings until the last one, that is other people. Also, the plot and epilogue of the third story is MAJORLY IMPORTANT AND EVERYTHING IN EVERY STORY WILL MAKE SENSE!… wheeze…. Ick, shouldn't have done that. But anyway,
Disclaimer - (Wow. Finally gettin' back in the habit of these things. Let's get to it! Oh, and just for a change of pace, Inuyasha characters don't belong to the author of the fan fictions. Duh. Moving on!)
Inuyasha- I can't believe I'm wearing this (has on those purple hair extensions from before. And yes, it took him a good 2 hours to get them on)
Kagome- It could be worse, you know
Inuyasha- Oh yeah? How!
Shard- She could have gone with light, neon blue
Kamiko-Zephuru- Now THAT would have been worth a lotta money to see! HA HA HA!
(I forgot to mention, they're still in the mall. They're walking around Famous Barr, trying to hide from the fans.)
Sesshomaru- What is this stuff?
Morobuku (aka Miroku's reincarnation, oh lazy people who can't put two and two together)- WEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL, I'm glad you asked!
Shippou- Oh boy, this can't be good
Kouga- I smell a painful experience coming
Sota- Something tells me this is gonna be like when he did ballet in Auntie Martha's kitchen
Morobuku- THIS! (picks up an elevator) IS CALLED A WAFFLE MAKER! That's right, your very own waffle maker for only 200!
KungPowKitty- I thought he was from modern times
Inuyasha- What's a waffle?
Kaede- What is a waffle maker?
Love Music- (stomps on Morobuku's foot, points to the now broken elevator he dropped) THAT is an elevator!
Ayame- A who-da-vador?
Sota- Darth Vader!
KungPowKitty, Shard, LoveMusic- (slap their foreheads)
Morobuku- AND THIS! (picks up mannequin from the juniors department) IS CALLED A-
Miroku- AAAAAHHHHHH! SHE'S SO PRETTY! PLEASE BEAR MY-(WHANG)- YEOWCH!
Sango- Give it rest. It's not even real
Sangarouka (Sango's reincarnation)- Hey where's Felix?
(group members turn to face each other. In unison…) Uh…um…ah… Oh no.
-elsewhere-
Felix- Those are my terms
Unidentified person- Hmm, you wage a hard bargain, Mr. Felix, but we'll accept your offer.
Felix- hehehehe…BWA HAHAHAHA HAAAAA! At long last! It will be mine, ALL MINE!
-back to mall-
Sota- I feel a disturbance in the force.
(Now what is Felix up to? Where did that golf cart go? What's up with all the Star Wars references? When will KZ finally explain everything in his fan-fics in English? Hey, where's my frying pan! Bring that back here!)
(music is www. Theotaku . Com / misc/ jukebox, Final fantasy VII, escape)
CHAPTER 8 - Buyo
Kagome sat at her desk, listening to the music that Sango was listening far too loud on her new CD player. The miko looked over at her bed, seeing the youkai exterminator bobbing her head up and down while working on science homework. 'If only you knew a few months ago what you would be doing right now…'
Kagome returned her gaze to her math homework. But no matter how many times she tried to get her focus onto the proofs before her, the miko's mind kept on slipping back into thought of Inuyasha. 'What was it that he didn't want to say today in front of us? Did it have to do with me or some-'
A wave of evil swept through the room. Chills shot up through both Kagome's and Sango's spines, even more violent than the previous one the day before. The friends exchanged glances, before Inuyasha came barging into the room. "You two feel that?"
"Yeah," The miko said, getting up from her spot at the desk. Sango followed.
"Hmph, come with me… both of you." The hanyou said, hooking his finger towards the door. The two girls followed Inuyasha out of Kagome's room, and down the stairs. Inuyasha signaled for them to duck and stay quiet, letting them just barely get by his body. "They were carrying in groceries." he whispered, pointing towards the front door. The teenage girls poked their heads out from behind the wall.
Sangarouka, Shippou, Naena, and Sota were laying on the floor, along with the door being open, random food all over the ground, and Ms. Higurashi and her father trying to get them to come to. The girls could also here in the nearby kitchen the monk and Morobuku rummaging around looking for some kind of pill.
Sango and Kagome resumed their places behind the wall, terrified. "They told me," Inuyasha began. "Not to let you two know. They really don't know me that well if they think I'm not going to tell you two something important."
As much as Kagome felt like she should feel happy that the hanyou before her said that, the situation wouldn't let her. "The waves of evil… they're getting stronger…"
At that moment Miroku and Morobuku burst out of the kitchen. "We found the pills!"
Kagome, Sango and Inuyasha bolted up the stairs and back to the main hallway in the upstairs. Before the three teens could go back to Kagome's room, however, Kilala popped out of nowhere and began to meow loudly at Sango. "Hmm? Kilala? What is it?" The demon exterminator asked, swooping the little cat demon into her arms. The fire cat meowed loudly again, scrambling out of the youkai's arms and back onto the floor.
"Kilala!" Sango cried, following her companion into Yanayai's bedroom. Kagome and Inuyasha followed their friend into Kagome's mother's bedroom, only bumping into Sango in the process. "Look." Sango said.
The hanyou and miko poked their heads our from behind their friend. Before them on Yanayai's floor was the unconscious Buyo near the nightstand, for which a small trickle of blood coming out of the cats head. Kagome ran over to the family cat, cradling it in her arms. She was able to feel a small heart beat, but it was slowing down. "Oh Kami, Sango, go call the veterinarian! Hurry!"
"Right." The youkai exterminator said quickly before running out of the room and practically jumping the entire fleet of stairs. (KPK- Out of curiosity, how does she know what a vet is?)
Kilala walked over to the injured, over-weight cat, and began to lick the wound on it's head. Kagome was already trying to tell herself to be strong, barely keeping down tears. "I guess," Inuyasha began, coming over and sitting down by Kagome. 'Better be careful what I say…' "I guess… he and Kilala were playing over here on the nightstand when the wave went through…"
"Yeah…" the miko said, sniffing while petting the injured cat. She stood up, cradling Buyo in her arms, and walked out of her mother's room and down the stairs. Inuyasha was left in a room with a sad/guilty looking cat demon by him.
"You two were playing on the nightstand, right?"
Kilala nodded.
'Okay, how the hell did she understand me?' (KPK- Good question, dude)
-place change, time skip-
"Hmph," grunted Tenstu, looking at the lighted incense before him. He was standing on top of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, holding the incense within the demonic holder for which the two demons had come from. "Tako, this incense doesn't seem to be working. Perhaps another stick?… No, Tsumyena. You are just as impatient as ever. Give this incense time, and we shall get some-"
Rain clouds up above opened up. Tenstu glared at the skies after watching the incense stick sizzle and cease burning. "-Thing to get annoyed with…" The two in one demon took hold of the incense stick, and snapped it in half. "Dammit… Well, Tako, I believe we should wait until the daylight hours to continue with our plan?…"
Tenstu looked out over the roof fence, getting drenched in the rain. In the distance, there was the Higurashi shrine. "I believe so, brother. Once the incense has enough time to work, then we shall end those peoples' power and such. Pretty good thing we also got that monk's memory, true?… Indeed. Without it, we might never of known of such powerful people…"
- place change, small time skip-
(music - Chrono Cross, Chrono Death)
Kagome and Sota were clinging to each other in the veterinary waiting room. Their mother and grandpa were attempting to calm down the two, but to no avail. Inuyasha and the others were also in the waiting room, but were not nearly as choked up.
"Keh," Inuyasha grunted. "That little scruff bag'll probably die from being so fat. Just get a grip."
Wow, that certainly smoothed things over. (KPK- Brace yourselves for the fireworks!)
Kagome glared at the hanyou. "INUYASHA! WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP! YOU AREN'T HELPING!" she sobbed. The teenage girl returned to holding onto her sobbing brother. "I-I-I-is Buyo going to d-d-d-die!" Sota cried.
Yanayai was only barely able to hold down tears herself. "I don't know, Sota…"
Inuyasha couldn't get a hold of it. Why would they all be crying over a cat? He had never fully realized what a pet was, so the hanyou was stumped. 'Hmm…' he looked over at Sango, sitting next to Kagome. 'Sango gets all tear eyed when Kilala gets hurt or something… maybe Buyo is the same way to Kagome…'
The veterinarian come out into the waiting room. All of the Higurashi family (excluding Mr. Higurashi, who had stayed back the house to keep down the fort) bolted up to the animal doctor. "Is Buyo okay?"
"Can we see him?"
"What is the damage to his head?"
"Is he still alive?"
"I wanna see Buyo!"
The veterinarian held up his hands. "Calm down, calm down… The family of Buyo can come in to see him."
Ms. Higurashi, Kagome, and Sota followed the doctor inside the room. Right when Inuyasha was about to go in as well, the door closed right in his face. "HEY!"
"Oh hush Inuyasha." Sangarouka said, rubbing her temple.
"You butt out of this, Sanga! I wanted to go in there!"
"Weren't you listening?" Miroku asked, walking over to where Sango was sitting. "He said the family of Buyo could go in, not the people that happen to live in the same house."
"And besides," Shippou chimed in, sitting on the shoulder of Naena. "After that stuff you said, I bet Kagome is really going to pound you later!"
WHAM!
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" The kit cried, rubbing the whelp on his head.
- p.o.v. change - (Chrono Trigger, Belthasar)
The veterinarian, Dr. Jurehi, began to put up x ray pictures on a large light wall thingy. Buyo was on a table, with a special oxygen mask on his face. Kagome and her brother sat right next to the feline, stroking him gently while their mother stood near the doctor.
"Well," Dr. Jurehi began, pointing at the pictures on the display light. "Buyo here has suffered severe brain damage, but because you all got him here so fast, he should go back to living normally in about a week or two once the stitches heal over."
"Thank Kami…" Yanayai sighed, rubbing the right side of her face. Sota sighed deeply with relief, lessening his grip on his sister.
"However," Dr. Jurehi continued, triggering a spike of fear in the Higurashi family members. "If you look here," he said, pointing to a brain scan on the light board. "The severe damage struck near the brain stem, parietal lobe, and frontal lobe."
Kagome bit her lip. "Which means?"
The doctor sighed. "Buyo now has paralysis in his hind legs, has difficulty with perception of his environment, problems with balance and movement, large counts of insomiatic issues, inability to focus on more than one thing at a time, loss awareness of his surroundings, and most likely has a changed personality. He hasn't off of the drugs long enough for us to tell on that one."
Sota let tears come from his eyes, and continued to stroke the sleeping cat. "So what do we do?"
"Well," Dr. Jurehi began once more, sitting down at his desk. "Buyo most likely now has no clue of who or what he is. More or less, it is going to be like he is a full grown kitten with a different personality. He showed some bruising to his temporal lobes, but not enough to do extreme damage. This means that he will recognize figures or people that he has known for a long time, but up until about… maybe… three years ago he wont remember anyone or anything."
'I guess Buyo wont know Inuyasha, then…'
Ms. Yanayai continued to hold back her tears, even though her voice cracked dramatically. "Is there anything to cure all of this?"
"There might be a possibility in stem cell research being done in South Korea, but I don't know for the moment. At any rate, though, you should probably take him home in that cushion container over there."
Sota and Kagome popped up. "HUH! Take him home!"
"Yes." The doctor said, beginning to gather up materials and such for the family's departure. "The only thing left for the people at this facility to do for Buyo here is to take out the stitched when his wound heals, and to try to contact researchers in Korea. In the mean time, I think it would be best if his new first memories were in a place that would naturally feel like home."
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Trust me, Buyo plays a much bigger role in the grand scheme of things… but this is really sad… it had to happen, though…
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