Well, I sure am getting a lot of reviews . . . I think I'm over 2200 now . . . but I'm not sure. I originally wanted to stop at fifty-three chapters, but I've changed my mind as you can all see. And more good news . . . I got the new computer back from my cousin, so now I'll be able to type faster and not pound into the keyboard. Anyways, shall I continue with the next chapter? I think I shall . . . . but first . . . great news for all you fans . . . the first Inu-Yasha movie is coming to dvd this September, and I've already ordered it from my anime store. I also mananged to get my hands on the newest Inu dvds of volume 18 &19. Nice eh? Well onward with the chapter!
Winter Wonderland
Chapter Fifty-One
Sango stared at the calendar that was hanging from the fridge in the kitchen. Kagome was humming softly to herself as she washed the pots and pans from their supper.
"Sango . . . Sango . . ."
The exterminator shook her head and turned to look at Kagome who was passing her a wet pan for her to dry, "Sorry about that," Sango said, taking the pan from Kagome.
"Is something wrong? You've been rather quiet since supper,"
Sango sighed, "Less than five days . . . and then I'll be a mother,"
Kagome's eyes widened with realization and glanced at the calendar, "Yes . . . it will be,"
"Kagome . . ."
"Don't worry so much Sango . . . everything will be alright," said Kagome, patting her friend on the shoulder.
The exterminator nodded and dried the pan in her hands before putting it away in one of the cupboards.
They cleaned the last of the dishes and headed into the living room where Kirara and Rin were sitting in one of the chairs watching a game show.
"Are the guys still upstairs getting changed?" asked Kagome, taking a seat beside Rin while Sango took the couch.
Rin nodded, "Inu-Yasha is trying to show Sesshoumaru and Miroku how to get into their skidoo suits,"
Kirara mewed with agreement.
Kagome nodded, "So Inu-Yasha is taking them skidooing tonight?"
"That's what he said,"
Kagome sighed and grabbed a blanket beside her chair to keep a little warmer. Rin suddenly stood after a few minutes, "Are you guys hungry?"
"No, I'm fine for right now," said Kagome.
"How about you Sango?"
"I'm fine Rin,"
The demon nodded and walked into the kitchen with the fire cat riding on her shoulder. A few seconds later, Inu-Yasha (Shippo on his shoulder) came trudging down the stairs with Souta right behind him, both of them wearing skidoo suits. Souta's was green while Inu-Yasha's was red.
"Kagome, how are you feeling?" asked the half demon, walking towards his mate.
"I'm fine Inu-Yasha," said Kagome.
Inu-Yasha smiled and knelt down beside his mate, taking his hand and clasping it with hers, "The guys and I are going out to do some skidooing,"
"That's what Rin said, I hope that you'll be careful,"
The half demon nodded and stood up, kissing his mate softly on the forehead. Shippo leaped off the half demons shoulder momentarily to give Kagome a hug before going back to his spot. Soon Sesshoumaru, Kohaku, and Miroku came walking down in the stairs wearing the same outfits as Inu-Yasha and Souta.
"I've got that beeper thing just in case something happens here," said Inu-Yasha.
Kagome nodded and waved good-bye to her mate as they headed for the door. Miroku quickly went to Sango's side and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before following after the others.
"Rin, are you sure you don't want to come along?" asked Sesshoumaru before stepping out the back door.
"I think I'll stay in tonight," said Rin from the kitchen.
Sesshoumaru nodded and walked outside, closing the door behind him. He walked through the snow and met up with the others at the shed. Inu-Yasha was already inside as he slid the giant wooden door open, revealing the four skidoos.
"Sesshoumaru you can take the green one, Miroku the blue one, Souta and Kohaku you guys can share one, and I'll take the red one," said Inu-Yasha.
Everyone climbed on their skidoo and waited for Inu-Yasha's next instruction. Soon everyone understood how the strange contraptions work and was soon following after Inu-Yasha as he took off into the horizon. Shippo squealed out with delight as they sled across the snow, his hair blowing in the wind. Inu-Yasha gave a smirk and shifted into the next gear, going faster as he left everyone else behind. His half demon reflexes showed greatly as he moved through the trees that lead to the open field, which was tree less for miles. He could hear Souta, Kohaku, and Miroku slowing down as they went through the forest, but the sound of a skidoo was drawing closer to his. Turning around, he could see Sesshoumaru starting to catch up with him, a great big smirk on his face. Inu-Yasha narrowed his eyes and shifted again, which caused Shippo to clutch his shoulder more tightly. His sensitive ears picked up the gears clicking as Sesshoumaru shifted as well, the two brothers almost neck and neck as they raced over the clear field.
Way back at the trees Miroku, Kohaku, and Souta watched amusingly as the two brothers duked it out over the field.
"Do they ever learn?" asked Souta.
"I don't think so," sighed Kohaku.
"Well shall we catch up with them?"
Kohaku nodded and the two boys took off. Miroku was about to join them, but glanced over his shoulder to stare one last time at the small cabin, which was off in the distance. His stomach was wrapped up in knots, and he didn't know why, but he felt like something bad was going to happen tonight, and almost felt like turning around to make sure that Sango was all right.
"Come on Miroku!" called Kohaku.
The monk shook the feeling away and knew his wife would be fine with Kagome and Rin watching her. Tugging the goggles back on, Miroku followed after the others.
Sango sighed heavily, her hands running over her large stomach, lost deeply into her thoughts.
"Sango are you alright?" asked Kagome, worry filling her gaze.
Sango nodded, "I'm okay, I just have slight head ache,"
Kagome smiled and stood up slowly as she joined Rin in the kitchen who was making some popcorn.
"Is she okay?" hissed Rin.
"She said she just has a slight head ache,"
Rin sniffed the air and tensed, "She seems stressed . . . and in pain,"
"Perhaps the baby is kicking her,"
Rin shrugged her shoulders, "Maybe, how long is it until she's due?"
Kagome glanced at the calendar, "She has about five days left,"
Rin nodded and grabbed the popcorn out of the microwave before heading back into the living room. Kagome reached the fridge door open and pulled out a few pickles, which she loved to snack on the odd time. Grabbing the jug of milk, she poured herself a glass of milk. Putting the milk back, she grabbed her bowl of pickles and milk and was about to head into the living room when something caught her attention on the fridge. Looking a bit closer at the calendar, Kagome realized that it was still on last years December when they had come up last year. Setting her things down she pulled at the pages until she came to this years December. Her eyes widened as she stared at the dates. Sango was supposed to be due around the 16th or 17th of December, and today was the 15th. Kagome stepped away from the calendar and looked into the living room to see Sango sitting on the couch her eyes closed. Kagome walked as fast as she could over to Sango's side, resting her hand on the exterminators shoulder, "Sango . . . Sango are you alright?"
"I told you Kagome, I'm okay,"
Kagome bit her lip, and Rin could sense that Kagome seemed scared and upset, "Sango . . . are you in any pain right now?"
"Just a little . . . probably the my baby just kicking . . ."
"Kagome what's wrong?" asked Rin, starting to sit up. Kirara had moved from the demons lap and was now beside Sango.
"I was just double checking the calendar . . ."
"So what does that mean?" asked Sango.
"We were looking at the wrong year . . . I flipped it to this year . . .and Sango . . . you don't have five days . . ."
"You mean I have more?"
"No . . . your time is shorter . . ."
"Shorter . . ."
"Yes . . ."
Sango's breathing started to increase, "How much shorter . . ."
"You're supposed to be due on the 16th or 17th . . . right?"
"Yes . . .and today's the 12th . . ."
Kagome shook her head, Today's the 15th . . ."
Sango's eyes widened, her hands clutching her abdomen, "No . . . no it's supposed to be five days . . ."
Rin got up from her chair and was right beside Sango in a second, "Sango . . . Sango you need to calm down . . ."
Kagome nodded in agreement, "Until you start feeling the contractions you need to calm down . . . please Sango . . ."
Sango closed her eyes and tried taking deep breaths, squeezing her friend's hand. Kirara mewed and rubbed against the exterminator, trying to help her calm down. As soon as Sango seemed calm, Kagome stood and went to the kitchen, grabbing the phone book and copying the number of the near by hospital just in case something were to happen tonight. How stupid could she have been to be looking at the wrong year? Only her and Souta knew the difference, and it had never occurred to her that the calendar wouldn't have been changed. For almost the past two weeks they had been following that calendar, and whenever they had watched the news, they hadn't even bothered to check the date. Kagome almost wanted to slam her head into the wall for being so stupid, but decided against it as she placed the posted note on the phone. Sighing softly, Kagome returned to the living room and sat on the couch with Sango. They were going to have to keep an extra watch on her now that she was less than two days for the baby to be born, and frankly she could go into labor even now. Kagome glanced at the beeper sitting on the coffee table, and wondered if she should call the boys back from their skidooing trip.
"Sango . . . what you need to do right now is rest and relax . . . your going to be okay," whispered Rin.
The exterminator nodded, still taking deep breaths. Kagome glanced at Rin, wondering how she would know so much about giving birth to children. Kagome herself only knew what the books told her about giving birth to children. Rin must have noticed the glance and answered Kagome's unsaid question, "The demon doctor at Sesshoumaru's castle has been over stressed lately, and I volunteered to help him with his work. A few of his patients have been demons in Sesshoumaru's court who were ready to give birth . . . so I know a thing or two,"
Kagome smiled with relief, at least Rin would be able to do something since in her condition with being almost eight month's pregnant, there wasn't much she would be able to do. She stared out the window to her left and sighed. The sun would be setting soon, and know Inu-Yasha, he would probably stay out skidooing until night hit . . . unless she beeped him of course.
Inu-Yasha's skidoo flew into the air momentarily before landing and moving with ease to the bottom of the hill and Sesshoumaru was hot on his heels. At some point and time, Shippo had fallen off and had been picked up by Miroku. The three humans were still behind the two demons, but at least they had them in sight this time. The monk chuckled as Inu-Yasha tried to cut off Sesshoumaru, but the lord of the western lands had grabbed Tokijin from his side as a warning for Inu-Yasha to stay the hell away.
"Doesn't Inu-Yasha understand he can't beat Sesshoumaru?" asked Shippo.
Miroku shrugged his shoulders and managed to catch up with Kohaku and Souta. The horrible feeling that something bad would happen was still in the pit of his stomach, but the again . . . maybe it was just because Sango was less than a week from having his first child. Of course he hadn't been serious when he had asked Sango to bear ten or twenty of his children . . . but five or six would be nice. Sighing softly, then monk shifted the gears and sped ahead of the two boys, feeling the cold breeze blowing against his face. The sky was filled with pink and orange as the sun was slowly beginning to set. The snow on the ground also began to look a little pinkish from the reflection of the sky. Smiling, Miroku gripped the handles on the skidoo and sped up, ignoring the horrible feeling in his stomach, and concentrated on having fun with his friends.
"Oh it's on now Sesshoumaru!"
Miroku chuckled as he heard Inu-Yasha's challenge, and wondered how the older demon would take the challenge.
Two hours passed, and Kagome was now staring out the window once again. It was now dark, but not completely as the last rays of the sun began to disappear into the distant horizon. Sighing softly, Kagome sat down on the chair beside her. Rin was no upstairs changing into her PJ's, and Sango still remained on the couch, lost deeply into her thoughts. The exterminator's hands remained on her belly, running her hands over her stomach.
"You okay?" asked Kagome softly.
Sango look up and smiled, "I'm okay Kagome . . . but I think I'll be better once Miroku gets here,"
Kagome nodded in understanding. If she were close to having her child, she would want her mate by her side constantly. Of course, she would want Inu-Yasha there as she was giving birth since it was a sort of custom in her time . . . but she wondered if Sango would want Miroku at her side.
"Sango?"
"Yes?"
"When you're about to give birth . . . will you want Miroku with you?"
Sango looked slightly confused, her eyes falling to her large womb, "I don't know . . ."
"You know . . . in this time . . . it's normal for the husband to be at his wife's side . . ."
"I know that Kagome," said Sango, cutting the girl off, "But . . ."
"But what?"
"I would like Miroku there . . .to help and support me . . . but I . . . you know what he's like when I've been injured and he gets all worried . . . I know giving birth is no picnic and I'll be in a lot of pain . . . and I don't know if I want him to see that,"
Kagome nodded, and understood where Sango was coming from. Of course, when she had discussed the matter with Inu-Yasha, the half demon said he would refuse to leave her side, and they would have to seal him to a tree again to keep him away. A sudden gasp from Sango caught Kagome's attention.
"Sango what is it?"
Sango clutched her abdomen, "The baby just kicked . . . just a little harder than usual,"
Kagome nodded slowly, but didn't take her eyes of Sango, but could see from the corner of her eye as Rin came down the stairs.
"Is she okay?" asked Rin.
"Come on you guys stop worrying about me,"
Rin however ignored the comment and sniffed at Sango, her eyes widening a little.
"What is it Rin?" asked Kagome.
"I'm not sure yet . . ." whispered Rin, kneeling beside Sango, her ear pressed against the exterminators womb, he nose sniffing the odd time. Sango and Kagome were silent, watching as Rin continued to listen. It was almost twenty minutes before Sango gasped again, clutching her abdomen and almost hitting Rin.
"Contractions," Rin said finally, getting to her feet.
"She's going into labor!" whispered Kagome.
Sango's eyes widened, "No . . . no I can't be yet . . ."
"Kagome what do we do?" asked Rin, hoping the miko would have answers they needed.
"Get me the phone," Kagome said, and in a hear beat Rin returned with the phone in her clawed hand, the posted note still attached to it. Kagome dialed the number to the hospital and walked into kitchen so she could hear the voice on the other end. Rin was still by Sango's side, trying to help her keep calm.
"Sango you need to calm down and breathe, your going to be fine,"
Sango didn't seem to be listening, "This can't be happening now . . . where's Miroku . . . Miroku!"
"Sango please . . . stress is bad for the baby . . . just breathe . . ."
Kagome returned into the living room, "I called the hospital, and they're sending an ambulance,"
Rin or Sango didn't even bother to ask what an ambulance was since it was not the time to be asking questions about this era.
"Wouldn't taking the van be quicker? I don't know what this ambulance is . . . but if it's a transporter to get someone to this hospital thing . . . they have to get here, and then bring Sango back,"
"I know . . . but Inu-Yasha hid the keys of the van so I wouldn't be able to do any more driving,"
Rin would have laughed, but under the circumstances the mood right now was not appropriate, "So all we can do is wait?"
"We can meet them at the door. Rin, go upstairs and get some of Sango's things, I'll try to get a hold of Inu-Yasha and the others,"
Rin nodded and bolted upstairs while Kagome grabbed the beeper on the coffee table.
"Alright! Alright I give up already!"
You would hope that these were the words of Sesshoumaru as he was pinned faced down in the snow by his younger brother, however it was the other way around. Miroku, Kohaku, and Souta had managed to catch up to the two demons and had watched an interesting match between the two as they sat on their skidoos.
"I almost thought Inu-Yasha had that one in the bag," sighed Souta, playing with a snowball in his hand. Kohaku nodded in agreement and Miroku chuckled.
A soft beeping sound caught the monks attention and Sesshoumaru was suddenly flipped into the air since Inu-Yasha had some how managed to get the lord off of him and look at the beeper that was inside his pocket. There was only a few words written, and they sent chills down his spine
EMERGENCY!
COME BACK TO THE CABIN!
"Something's wrong! We need to head back to the cabin,"
Sesshoumaru grabbed onto the pager and read the words as well. Inu-Yasha and the others were already back on their skidoo's and heading back to the cabin at full speed. The half demon cursed that they had traveled so far away from the cabin, and wondered what could possibly had happened. Was Kagome okay? Had she fallen or hurt herself? Or was it Sango that was in trouble? Millions of thoughts ran through his head as they made their way back.
"What do you think has happened?" asked Shippo.
Inu-Yasha turned his gaze to the monk who seemed rather pale then normal, "You okay, Miroku?"
The monk said nothing, his eyes were focused straight ahead of him, the knot in his stomach growing by the minute.
"Do you hear that?" asked Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha listened carefully and could faintly hear the sound of sirens. He had heard them before when he had stayed at Kagome's house before. She had called the contraption an ambulance or something along those lines. These transporters were supposed to take injured people to the hospital. Inu-Yasha's eyes widened.
"Something is terribly wrong if Kagome had to call an ambulance," cried Inu-Yasha.
He hear Miroku gasp and could smell that the monk was scared . . . really scared and could hear his hear thundering in his chest.
"Miroku calm down! I'm sure it's not that bad," offered Souta.
Ten minutes later the cabin came into view, and no lights were left on. Hoping that Kagpme or someone had left a note of some sort to explain to them what the hell had happened. When they finally reached the cabin, Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru were the first through the back door, quickly followed by Miroku whiled Souta and Kohaku turned off the running skidoo's. A not had been left on the dinning room table which Inu-Yasha read quickly, even though it was Kagome's chicken scratch since she had been in a hurry to write it.
SANGO HAS GONE INTO LABOR
WE HAVE LEFT IN THE AMBULANCE
INU-YASHA KNOWS THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL
WE'LL MEET YOU THERE
KAGOME
Miroku snatched the letter from Inu-Yasha and read it as well, "That's impossible! She still had five days to go,"
"Perhaps the baby came early," suggested Sesshoumaru.
"Souta, get the van ready!" shouted Inu-Yasha; tossing the boy the keys he had hidden under the table from Kagome. The boy nodded and was out the door in a flash. Inu-Yasha went into the kitchen and looked at the calendar his eyes widening. The dates had changed from when he had last looked at it this morning, and looking at the fallen pages on the ground, he figured out what had happened, "Sango isn't going into labor early . . . we just got the dates mixed up!"
Miroku was starting to pale even more, "Sango . . . Sango . . . Sango . . . Sango . .. " he whispered to himself, wrapping his arms around him.
Inu-Yasha grabbed the monk and slapped him across the face, "Get a hold of yourself monk! Everything's going to be okay!"
Hearing the engine come to life in the mini van caused everyone to run out the door. Inu-Yasha locked the cabin up quickly before jumping into the drivers seat, and driving quickly out of the driveway. Kohaku was doing his best to calm down the monk, but it didn't seem to be working. Inu-Yasha zigged and zagged out of the traffic, and everyone in the van was thankful for his reflexes since they would have hit too many vehicles for them to count.
"Are you sure you know where this hospital is?" asked Sesshoumaru.
"Of course I do! Kagome showed it to me a week ago just in case something happened and we needed to go to the hospital,"
Sesshoumaru nodded, knowing of course that now was not the time to joke around with his brother. Souta and Kohaku kept trying to calm Miroku down since he was almost gasping for breath and starting to shake slightly.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Kohaku.
"I think he's going into shock," suggested Souta.
Inu-Yasha glanced at the review mirror, and growled softly. Things were not turning for the worst and there was nothing that he or anyone else could do. The only thing that they could do to help, was to get Miroku to his mate's side immediately . . . only she would be able to calm him down . . . that is . . . if she was alright herself. The hospital finally came into view and Inu-Yasha sighed with relief. Stopping the van right in front of the emergency door, everyone got out and ignored the police officer who said they couldn't park there. Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru led the way as the smelled Kagome's and Rin's scents. Inu-Yasha was glad he was still wearing his toque other wise other people would have seen his ears. As they rounded a corner, they found Kagome and Rin waiting outside a pair of steel doors. Inu-Yasha was by Kaogme's side immediately, wrapping his arms around her tightly, but was careful not to hit her stomach.
"Thank gods . . . I was so scared that you were the one hurt,"
Kagome smiled and hugged Inu-Yasha back.
"Where's Sango!" cried Miroku.
Kagome was about to answer but a nurse came walking out of the steel doors that had the words 'delivery room' written above them.
"How is Sango?" asked Kagome.
"She is fine right now, and where is her husband?"
"That's me!" cried Miroku, rushing to the nurses side.
"Oh good, you made it. Please follow me,"
Miroku followed the nurse back behind the steel doors, leaving everyone else outside to wait. There was a few chairs down the hall that they took, and Souta had gone off to get them some snacks.
"So . . . did you guys have fun skidooing?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded, but his concentration was somewhere elsewhere. Kagome had a feeling that he was listening carefully of what was happening in the delivery room.
"Is she okay?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded again, "Seems like it,"
Kagome sighed with relief and hugged her mate tighter. Sesshoumaru was seated quietly next to them, while Rin was busy reading some of the posters on the walls.
A few minutes passed before Souta returned with a few drinks, chocolate bars, and chips for them all. Inu-Yasha was given a Coca-Cola, but he didn't touch it, his eyes and ears still looked alert. Kagome grasped his hand, trying to get him to relax.
"I'm sure they're fine Inu-Yasha," soothed Kagome.
Inu-Yasha was about to respond, but his sharp senses caught something and he stood up, the pop can falling to the floor and rolling under the chair.
"What is it?" asked Kagome.
Inu-Yasha didn't answer at first, and Sesshoumaru was standing as well, both their ears were twitching.
"Something's wrong . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.
"What?" asked Kagome, "Tell me what you hear Inu-Yasha!"
"They . . .they say Sango's blood pressure is rising,"
Kagome gasped, "That's not good! That's not good at all! Something must have upset her. Can you tell me how high it is?"
Inu-Yasha listened carefully, "I . . . I don't know . . . they keep changing the number . . ."
"Is it going higher or lower?"
"Higher," Inu-Yasha said softly.
Kagome could feel tears running down her cheeks.
"It got higher . . ."
They could now hear screaming behind the closed doors, and Inu-Yasha had to do everything in his power to just bolt into the room and see what the hell was going on.
"INU-YASHA TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY BEST FRIEND!" screamed Kagome.
Inu-Yasha turned around and grabbed Kagome, holding her tightly to his chest, "Kagome you need to calm down!"
"TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON!" Kagome wailed.
"I don't know . . . I can't hear over the screaming,"
Suddenly there was a loud bang as the steel doors flew open and Sango was being rolled out on a stretcher with two doctors and nurses at her side.
"Call the OR stat! Tell then to get ready for us!" cried one of the doctors who was younger than the other one.
One nurse nodded and went down another hallway. Miroku was right behind them, pulling off his mask and medical gloves and robe.
"Sango! Sango! Sango!" cried Miroku, calling for his wife.
As the doctors passed Kagome in the others, Inu-Yasha could hear Sango's hear pounding in his ears. Kagome was now sobbing and so was Kohaku, but Sesshoumaru still looked calm. When the doctors stopped at the elevator Miroku finally caught up to them, trying to get a look at his wife.
"Somebody call security!" cried the younger doctor as he tried to hold Miroku back.
Inu-Yasha went to help the monk, but Kagome yelled 'Sit!', knowing that the doctors were doing what was best. As the elevator opened, they rushed Sango inside and pushed the button for the second floor. The older doctor and nursed stayed in the elevator while the other had to keep Miroku back as the elevator closed.
"Sango! Sango! Sango! SANGO!" screamed Miroku. The doctor finally released him and headed down another hallway, causing the monk to collapse to his knees.
"Miroku!" cried Inu-Yasha, running to the monks side, "What the fuck happened in there?"
Miroku didn't answer at first, but finally managed to speak moments later, "Every things was fine . . .then Sango panicked . . . her . . . her blood pressure was high or something . . . I didn't know what was going on . . .they kept saying if her blood pressure kept rising it could kill the baby . . . Sango continued to panic . . . screaming for them to save our baby . . . screaming that she didn't want to die like her mother . . . then she . . . she went unconscious . . . then I was screaming . . .and then they took her out of the room,"
Inu-Yasha growled and helped the monk to his feet, "Let's get upstairs and see what the hells going on then!" The half demon went to the elevator and pressed the up button. Everyone gathered into the elevator when it opened and pressed the second floor like the doctors had done. When they reached the top, Miroku was the first out the door, and headed towards the entrance that said Operating Room above it. Miroku was about to go though, but was stopped by the younger doctor they had seen earlier.
"Let me go! I need to see my wife!" screamed Miroku.
Two male nurses hurried over and tried to keep Miroku under control as they others hurried to catch up with him.
"What the hell is going on?" cried Inu-Yasha.
None of the nurses or doctors answered since they were trying to calm down Miroku. Growling in frustration Inu-Yasha grabbed hold of the monk and held him down with one hand against the wall, "Tell us what's going on!"
"I'm afraid it's not looking too good," said the doctor, putting his glasses back on, which Miroku had knocked off from his struggling.
"What do you mean not good?!" asked the monk, his skin paling rapidly.
"Her blood pressure is almost to the point where it could kill her and the babies . . ."
"Babies?" asked Kagome.
The doctor looked rather shocked, "Yes babies . . . she's having twins,"
Everyone in the room gasped, that is except for Sesshoumaru.
"Yes . . . however I'm afraid both of the babies are coming out back wards . .. . and . ."
The doctor didn't finish as the OR doors slammed open revealing a female nurse, "Doctor we need you now!"
The doctor turned around and followed after the nurse, leaving the others alone.
Inu-Yasha had released his grip on Miroku, letting the monk fall to his knees. Miroku said nothing at first, but finally whispered, "Kagome . . ."
"Yes Miroku?" asked Kagome.
"What's going . . . please tell me . . ."
Kagome sighed, not really knowing what to tell the monk, and when she ran the facts through in her head, it caused her to panic too. Inu-Yasha grabbed onto Kagome and held her tightly as soon as he sensed she was about to panic, "Calm down Kagome . . . please calm down . . . I . . . I don't want to see you in there too,"
Kagome started to cry again and Miroku knew that was bad, standing up, the monk slammed his fist into the wall, and began pounding at it. Blood splattered onto the monks face when he cut his hand, and it took Sesshoumaru to hold Miroku still so he wouldn't hurt himself anymore. Miroku continued to scream Sango's name, his mind flashing with the painful memories . . . Sango smiling up at him . . . then her eyes glazing over . . . helplessly crying out that they save their babies . . .and then screaming out in pain before she went unconscious. The monk went limp in the demons arms and crumpled to the floor. They could hear the monk crying . . . his fists slamming into the floor as he whispered for Sango, a river of tears flowing down his face.
"Rin . . . take Kagome, Souta, and Kohaku out of here," ordered Sesshoumaru.
Rin nodded and lead the others away, glancing back at the others one last time before they disappeared into the elevator.
Inu-Yasha had also sunk to his knees . . . thoughts running through his head. . . would this same thing happen to Kagome . . .would he have to watch her suffer like that . . . in complete pain that he was helpless to stop?
Miroku was still crying, but Inu-Yasha could hear a silent prayer he was making to Buddha . . . that his life was taken instead of Sango's. Inu-Yasha was bout to crawl over towards the monk to comfort him, but a loud bang of doors being slammed open caught his attention as they looked up to see who had arrived.
TBC . . .
So sorry for the wait, but as you can see this one took me a while to write. Anyways, are any of you reviewers artists? I've been trying to draw pics to go along with my story . . .but I just don't seem to have the gift. So if some of you reviewers are good drawers, can you please draw something for me? Your favorite scene in the story or something along those lines? Anyways, please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible.
Lynns