Well, as I can see most of you weren't happy with the little cliffhanger I left you, but for two reasons I did that. One my hands were really tired from typing . . . and two . . . this chapter would have been really, really, really long! Anyways, I bet you are all anxious to read what's going to happen next, so let's continue shall we?
Winter Wonderland
Chapter Fifty-Two
Last Time:
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.
They all looked up to see another doctor coming running towards them to the operating room . . . but this one was different then the other doctors and did not smell human at all. Inu-Yasha stood and could smell the demon scent on the approaching doctor . . . even though he seemed human with his long black hair, and normal human ears, Sesshoumaru and Inu-Yasha were not fooled. Before any of them could ask any questions or try to stop the new comer, he disappeared as he used his demon speed to get past them and into the operating room.
Miroku got to his feet and stared at the swinging doors for a moment, a few tears still running down his cheeks.
"Did you smell it Inu-Yasha? That doctor smelled not that of a human, but of a demon," hissed Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha nodded and sniffed again, "He looked very human though . . . he didn't have pointed ears or different eyes,"
The lord of the western lands nodded as both demons listened carefully to what was happening in the operating room now. There was yelling from the doctors . . . they were giving up . . .
Inu-Yasha looked at Sesshoumaru and then the monk . . . would Miroku lose his wife and unborn children in one night? His senses could hear the screeching noises from the machines as they tried to save Sango. Then the new comers voice boomed through the operating room . . .giving them new instructions and telling one of the surgeons or whatever they were called to step away. Both demons were now staring at the operating doors . . . they could hear Sango's heart beat getting stronger and stronger . . .along with the heart beat of her children. Before the stench of death had been all over Sango's scent when she had been pushed into the operating room . . . now she smelled alive. Inu-Yasha's ears twitched as he heard the small crying of new born child . . . he smelled the air deeply and could tell it was a girl. A few moments later another cry followed . . . this time it was boy.
"Miroku . . ." whispered Inu-Yasha.
"What? What is it Inu-Yasha?" asked the monk, fear and pain filled his voice.
"You have a daughter and a son . . ."
Miroku fell to his knees, and started to cry again, "What about Sango . . . . what's happening to my Sango . . ."
Inu-Yasha smelled the air again, his ears listening for even the softest sound that came out of that room. The smell of blood was almost overwhelming to him, but Sango was still alive, her heart beating stronger and stronger by the minute.
"She's okay . . . Miroku she's okay," whispered Inu-Yasha, crouching by the monk.
Miroku started to cry harder, thanking Buddha over and over again for sparing his wife's life. The creaking from the metal doors caught their attention as they looked up. The doctor they had seen go running by them was standing in front of them. He was covered in blood, and was starting to take off his medical cloves. The doctors eyes were immediately on Sesshoumaru for a moment before falling down to the monk and Inu-Yasha. The doctor smiled and kneeled down in front of Miroku.
"You have a beautiful and a handsome son monk," whispered the doctor patting him on the shoulder.
"What about my wife? How is Sango?" whispered Miroku.
"She is fine . . . she's unconscious right now . . . but they'll be bringing her out pretty soon, along with your children,"
Miroku nodded, still remaining on the floor.
The doctor smiled and stood up, so did Inu-Yasha, "I don't think you've told us your name," hissed the half demon.
"Oh where are my manners, I am Dr. Matsumara, Hiroshi Matsumara,"
Inu-Yasha narrowed his eyes, "You're a demon . . . I could smell the stench ever since you came running into this hallway . . ."
Hiroshi chuckled, "Yes I am a demon . . . and you are a half demon. I can tell with your hair, even if your ears are hidden Un . . . Inu-Yasha . . . and you Sesshoumaru I can tell just from your hair,"
"Though you don't look it, you look like a regular human,"
Hiroshi smiled and held up his left hand, which had a wedding ring on it. Inu-Yasha looked curiously and confused at the doctor, but the half demons answers came as Hiroshi pulled his wedding ring off and his image changed. Inu-Yasha felt he was looking at Sesshoumaru's double, he looked exactly like his older brother, but instead of silver hair had jet-black, and also the crescent moon on his forehead. His golden eyes shined brightly in the light, and his claws looked as deadly as Sesshoumaru's or Inu-Yasha's.
"Dog demon," confirmed Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha nodded, and watched as Hiroshi put on his ring before the other nurses and doctors came through the operating room, pushing Sango out on a strecher.
"Sango!" gasped Miroku, getting to his feet and was by his wife's side again. Behind them a two nurses were carrying one blue and the other pink bundle of blankets. Miroku left his wife's side for a moment to take a look at his children.
Hiroshi smiled as the others left in the elevator, leaving Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru alone with the doctor.
"I would like to apologize for earlier, for what happened to her," apologized Hiroshi.
"What exactly happened in there?" asked Inu-Yasha.
"From what I am told, Sango got scared of the equipment around her, and one of the new nurse scared her even more. She some how forgot to not tell the mother that her babies could die if she would now calm down,"
"Oh! So it's better if she didn't know!" hissed Inu-Yasha.
"Look what happened when she did know! It's best to try and calm the mother down first,"
Inu-Yasha nodded, and he relaxed a little. This was the first time he had ever met a real demon in this era, and the same was going through Sesshoumaru's head.
"Well if you both will excuse me, I have other patients to attend to,"
Inu-Yasha just gave a nod before heading towards the elevator to check on Kagome on the others who were still down stairs, however Sesshoumaru followed after the doctor, stopping him as he turned to go down a deserted hall.
"Can I help you?" asked Hiroshi.
Sesshoumaru kept his emotionless face on, "How is that you know our names so well?
Hiroshi just stared into the demons eyes, "Oh that . . . well when I was trying to get to this floor, I heard you three talking and learned your names then . . . after all I do have good ears,"
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "I can smell that your lying . . . and not only that . . . you were about to call Inu-Yasha something . . . sounded like you were close to saying Uncle to me . . ."
Hiroshi chuckled and smiled as he stared into the demons eyes, and Sesshoumaru took a step back. It was as if he was staring into Rin's face when she smiled like that . . .
"Have you figured it out yet . . . father . . ."
Inu-Yasha made it to the bottom floor to see Kagome and the others in the waiting room. Kagome was the first to spot the half demon and ran towards him as fast as she could.
"Kagome you idiot! Your not supposed to run in your condition!" cried Inu-Yasha pulling his mate into a tight embrace.
Tears came pooling into Kagome's eyes, "I don't care! How's Sango? Is she alright? Are her and the babies alright?"
Kohaku was now by the half demons side, and so was Souta, Shippo, and Rin.
Inu-Yasha smiled, "She's fine . . . and so are the babies . . . she had a boy and a girl,"
Everyone sighed with relief and Inu-Yasha stared at Rin, "Hey . . . can you smell the demon doctor in this building?"
Rin looked confusingly at Inu-Yasha, "Well . . . no I didn't . . . why is there a demon here?"
Inu-Yasha looked at Rin and back to Kagome who was looking at him with worry in her eyes. What is going on here? When we first came into the hospital, I couldn't smell any demons in this entire hospital . . . and come to think of it . . .neither did Sesshoumaru . . .
"Inu-Yasha?" asked Kagome.
"Don't worry . . . I'll explain more later . . . shall we try and visit Sango?"
Everyone nodded, and with Rin's help, they managed to find Sango's room, where Miroku was seated by her side. The room was dark, except for a few lights from the strange machines by Sango's bed, and quiet as well.
"Sis?" questioned Kohaku as he ran to Sango's side.
Miroku smiled at the boy, "She's fine Kohaku . . . just fine . . ."
The boy smiled and pulled up a chair beside the monk. Inu-Yasha smiled and walked over to where Miroku was sitting, putting a hand on his shoulder, "How's she doing?"
"The doctors said she should wake up soon . . ." whispered Miroku, grasping Sango's still hand a little tighter.
"And your children?"
"They're going to bring them in as soon as Sango wakes . . . they took them to the nursery or what ever the nurse called it," sighed Miroku.
Inu-Yasha nodded and put his arm around Kagome's shoulder, holding her close to him.
"Do you want to go seem them?" asked Kagome, turning her head to look into Inu-Yasha's eyes.
"See Miroku children?"
"Yes . . . I know where the nursery is . . . come on . . ." whispered Kagome, pulling her mate to the door, "Does anyone else want to see?"
"I'll come," said Rin, following after them.
"Me too!" said Souta.
Kohaku and Miroku remained by Sango's side, and Kagome had the feeling that they wouldn't be moving until Sango woke up. They traveled down the white hallway and had to make a couple of turns before the hallways were now a cheerful yellow, and they were standing in front of a large window with a few bassinets being shown. Inu-Yasaha could tell which two were Miroku and Sango's children apart from the others. Kagome and the others gathered around at the window to stare at the two sleeping babies. The girl looked so much like Miroku . . . she had the monks chin and nose. Inu-Yasha brought his hand up to rest on the glass window, and his claws tapping against the glass caused the girl to stir and open her eyes. Even though she looked like Miroku, she had her mothers eyes. Staring now at the sleeping boy who was settled next to his sister, he looked more like Sango, but with his eyes closed, they couldn't tell whether he had Miroku's eyes or not.
"They're both beautiful," whispered Kagome.
Inu-Yasha nodded and wrapped an arm around Kagome's shoulder, his other hand coming to rest on her womb, "In a month we'll have a daughter of our own . . ."
"Have you chosen a name yet?" whispered Kagome.
"Not yet . . . I'll wait until she's born," sighed Inu-Yasha, kissing his mate on the forehead.
Kagome smiled and gave off a small yawn, "With all the commotion . . . I'm so tired right now . . "
Inu-Yasha chuckled and pulled Kagome up into his arms, carrying her back to Sango's room. Souta and Shippo followed a moment later, but Rin stayed to look at the new born babies for a minute. She sighed softly, staring at the two mortal children for a few more seconds, and then started to follow after the others, but a thought stopper her. Sesshoumaru had not returned from upstairs yet. She decided to check on him as she headed towards the elevator. Rin reached the elevator and went to press the up button, but a small ding caught her attention as the elevator doors opened, revealing Sesshoumaru and a doctor with long black hair.
"So young . . ." whispered Hiroshi.
Sesshoumaru glanced at the doctor and Rin looked confused as ever.
"Sesshoumaru what's going on?" asked Rin.
Sesshoumaru sighed and stared at Rin, "This is the doctor who treated Sango, he just wanted to make sure she was alright,"
The doctor nodded and headed down the hallway, but glanced one more time back at Rin before disappearing behind a corner.
Rin glanced at Sesshoumaru, and even though his face was emotionless, his eyes were different . . . she couldn't tell what it was . . . "Sesshoumaru?"
The lord of the western lands looked down at the girl and took her hand in his, "Show me where my brother and the others are,"
Rin merely nodded and lead Sesshoumaru down the hallway, and almost stopped when he felt the lords hand clasp hers tightly in his big clawed hand. Rin just smiled. When they reached the room, Dr. Hiroshi was checking some of the machinery around Sango.
"She should be waking up soon," said Dr. Hiroshi, talking to Miroku.
The monk nodded, but his eyes were still on Sango's still form.
Dr. Hiroshi started to head out of the room, glanced at Sesshoumaru, winked, and then left the room. Inu-Yasha looked back and forth between Sesshoumaru and the doctors retreating back.
"What was that all about?" asked Inu-Yasha.
Sesshoumaru glanced at his brother, "I'll tell you sometime,"
Inu-Yasha just shrugged, and grabbed the van keys from his pocket, "I'm going to take Kagome and Souta back to the cabin. Did you want to stay here, or come back as well?"
Sesshoumaru glanced at Rin before answering, "Take Rin back to the cabin, I'll come with you, but I'll come back to the hospital,"
Inu-Yasha nodded and picked Kagome into his arms before heading towards the door. Shippo stayed with Kohaku and Miroku as the others headed back to the parking lot. The van was still parked in front of the emergency doors with the police officer standing beside it.
"I didn't have it towed since one of the nurses told me about your situation," said the police officer.
Inu-Yasha nodded at the police officer before helping Kagome into the passenger seat, and then taking the drivers seat himself. Souta, Sesshoumaru, and Rin sat in the back. No one spoke during the ride back to the cabin since they were all exhausted one way or another. Inu-Yasha kept glancing at his brother in the rear-view mirror, wondering what could be going through the full demons head.
When they reached the cabin, Souta unlocked the door, while Inu-Yasha carried Kagome upstairs to their room. Sesshoumaru carried Rin to their room since she had fallen asleep during the ride. Souta grabbed a pillow and blanket from his room before heading into Kagome and Inu-Yasha's room. The half demon was tucking Kagome into the blankets before he turned to the boy.
"I want you to stay with her tonight,"
Souta nodded, "Will you be back in the morning?"
Inu-Yasha shrugged his shoulders and hugged Souta briefly, whispering a word of thanks into the boys ear before heading back downstairs. Sesshoumaru was waiting at the door as Inu-Yasha headed towards him.
"You sure you want to go back?"
"Should I stay?"
"I would like someone to watch over Kagome,"
"Rin is here, she will make sure that nothing happens to your mate,"
Inu-Yasha walked out the door, and Sesshoumaru closed it behind them as they headed back to the well. Inu-Yasha could tell that Sesshoumaru wanted to go back to the hospital for another reason, and he had a sneaky suspicion it had something to do with that demon doctor. As they climbed into the van, Inu-Yasha headed down the driveway, going back to the hospital.
"You want to tell me what's going on between you and Hiroshi?" asked Inu-Yasha, turning left onto the highway.
Sesshoumaru did not answer, his eyes staring straight out the window.
"Sesshoumaru?"
"Do you not find it strange?"
"What do you mean strange?"
"That Dr. Hiroshi somehow knew are names when we didn't tell him them?"
"He has dog demon ears, he probably just heard them,"
Sesshoumaru didn't respond, just kept staring out the window. Inu-Yasha just sighed and knew his brother was more stubborn then him, and wouldn't tell him if he didn't want to.
"Remember when we were talking about the well closing . . . and us living till this time?" whispered Sesshoumaru.
Inu-Yasha glanced at his brother briefly before looking back at the icy road, "Yeah . . . what about it?"
"Hiroshi . . . he told me some things . . ."
"Oh? And what exactly did he tell you? You know I swear that doctor looks just like you,"
"That's because he's my son,"
Inu-Yasha slammed on the breaks and stared at his brother, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"Hiroshi . . . is mine and Rin's son,"
"HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? RIN IS ONLY TWELVE YEARS OLD . . . I MEAN SHE'S TURNING THIRTEEN NEXT WEEK . . ."
Sesshoumaru sighed, "Are you that dense little brother?"
Inu-Yasha stopped to think for a moment, "Oh . . ."
"Now do you understand?"
"I think so . . . but wait . . . what else did he tell you?"
"He said he couldn't tell me much . . . he said we would learn everything later and come to understand it,"
Inu-Yasha checked to make sure there was no on coming vehicles before pulling back on the road, "What did he tell you?"
"He told me that he knew of Sango giving birth tonight and tried to head to the hospital as soon as he could . . . but he got stuck in Tokyo traffic. He also told me, that the well does close eventually . . . a couple of month's after your daughter is born . . . and that is all he said . . ."
"If I had been you I would have beat it out of him,"
Sesshoumaru sighed, "Yes . . . I know you would of, however he said if he revealed anymore . . .his father would punish him very dearly,"
Inu-Yasha smirked and kept his eyes on the road, "So . . . that's all he said?"
Sesshoumaru nodded.
Inu-Yasha wanted to ask more, but decided against it before turning the radio up to drown out the eerie silence between them. When they returned to the hospital, Kohaku was waiting for them at the entrance.
"Sis woke up!" cried Kohaku before running back to the room with Inu-Yasha on his heels. Sesshoumaru however remained calm and walked back to the room.
When Inu-Yasha entered, Miroku was hugging Sango, and tears of joy were running down the monks face as he held his wife. Sango on the other hand looked exhausted and tired beyond belief. Beside the bed were two bassinets, which held the twins. After Miroku was finished hugging his wife, he went around her bed to pick up their children, and placed the girl in Sango's arms while he held the boy. Sesshoumaru soon came into the room, closing the door behind him. Inu-Yasha grabbed a chair for himself and Sesshoumaru as they sat around Sango.
"How are you feeling Sango?" asked Inu-Yasha, looking at the tired exterminator.
"I'm okay . . ." she whispered faintly, "A little tired,"
Inu-Yasha nodded and looked over to his right at the child in Miroku's arms.
"Do you want to hold him Inu-Yasha?" asked Miroku.
"You sure you want me to?"
The monk nodded, and placed the new born into Inu-Yasha's clawed hands. The baby was so small and fragile that Inu-Yasha was scared the slightest movement he would make could hurt the child. Human children were more fragile then demon children, at least that's what Inu-Yasha known over the course of his life. Smiling at the sleeping boy, Inu-Yasha lifted the boy to his face and smelled the child's scent, memorizing into his mind. Handing the boy back to Miroku, the monk asked if Sesshoumaru wanted to hold the baby, but the lord of the western shook his head. Sango then handed the girl to Inu-Yasha for him to hold, and the half demon imprinted the scent of the girl into his mind as well. Miroku stared at the half demon for a moment.
"Why do you do that?" asked the monk, taking his daughter from the half demon.
"Do what?"
"Smell my children like that?"
"So I know their scents. It's very important for dog demons to memorize the scents of the friends and family,"
Miroku nodded and placed his children back into the bassinet. A few minutes later a nurse walked into the room.
"I'm afraid visiting hours are over," she said.
"I can stay though right? I'm her husband," said Miroku, clutching Sango's hand in his.
The nurse nodded, "Yes . . . you can stay, but the rest of you have to leave.
They all nodded and started to get ready to leave. Shippo, Kohaku, and Inu-Yasha gave Sango a quick hug while Sesshoumaru waited for them at the door.
"You get better," hissed Inu-Yasha.
"Oh I will," sighed Sango.
"And get lots of sleep,"
"I know Inu-Yasha, now get going, I'm sure Kagome's missing you right now,"
The half demon smirked and walked out of the room with the others following right behind him. The last thing he saw before walking out was Miroku pulling up a chair near the bed, and grabbing a pillow and blanket to cover himself with.
TBC . . . .
I'm sorry for the long update, but I kind of had a writers block on this chapter. Anyways, yes I know some of you are complaining I'm dragging my story on, well stop complaining okay? I know it's long, but it is coming to an end, yet not too soon. I've come up with sixty chapters, and it stops there. Well actually it's fifty-nine chapters and then a prologue. Well I have to go now, see you later!
Lynns