Chapter seven : His golden eyes

Sesshomaru's POV

In his office, a very anxious dog demon was pacing furiously. His ninth coffee cup was resting on his desk, aside to some documents he was supposed to review. His secretary came in and smiled at the sight of him. She said teasingly :

- Come on, boss, you have to relax. And no more coffee, you're edgy enough as it is. Now, I'm not the expert around here, but I'm pretty sure that those papers won't review themselves !

Sesshomaru shot her an evil glare. The woman just smiled. She was use to her boss's attitude, and she was aware of the whole ordeal with his younger brother. It was making him nervous and more irritable than usual.

The white-haired man told her with an annoyed tone :

- Thanks a lot for reminding me, Kagura. I was indeed looking forward to this. After all, it's not as if I had anything else to worry about !

He was being sarcastic and he knew it. But he was on the edge recently. Inu-Yasha could wake up at any time now, and Sesshomaru couldn't stand the waiting. He was almost jumping each times the phone was ringing, thinking that it was the hospital. But he had received no news so far...

Kagura wasn't offended by his sarcasm. She barely smiled and gave him the files she had brought. Then, she left.

Sesshomaru sat behind his desk and stared at the papers that required his attention. He sighed and thought : "Well, might as well do it..."

Three hours later, most of his work was done. The phone rang for the thousandth time of the day, but he didn't notice, too concentrated he was on his job. He was correcting his last document when Kagura came in.

- Boss, there's a call for you.

- Can't it wait ? he asked absently, not even looking up from his papers.

- Well, I suppose it could, but the nurse said that...

Sesshomaru immediately dropped everything he was holding, focusing all his attention on Kagura's words.

- The nurse ? he interrupted before she could finish her sentence.

- Yes, it's the hospital calling.

She barely had the time to move aside when Sesshomaru suddenly passed her hurriedly and ran toward the phone...

No one's POV

Normally, rooms in the intensive care unit were calm and quiet. But you just had to take a look in room 316 to see that it wasn't the case there...

Kagome, Sango and Miroku were bombarding Dr.Kaede with their questions, while the poor woman was trying to answer everyone at the time.

- Do you think he'll be alright ? asked Kagome.

- Does that mean that he'll wake up today ? added Miroku.

- Should we speak to him or it's better if we stay silent ? pursued Sango.

- How long will we have to wait ? (Kagome again)

Kaede finally had enough and raised her hand to stop them. They did, and she told them reassuringly :

- Calm down, children, everything will be OK. I'll see to it.

- But... they started.

However, they were interrupted by Sesshomaru's sudden appearance. The dog demon burst in the room and went directly to Kaede. He was so stressed that you could almost feel it all around him. He said precipitately :

- Sorry, I came as soon as you called me. So, will he really wake up ? Today ? Are you sure ? What if...

He stopped when he felt Kaede's hand on his arm. She smiled to him, then she removed her hand and took a few steps back so that she could face everyone of them. Finally, she said softly :

- Now first, let's take this calmly. Since Inu-Yasha's condition have improved, I've been placing him under constant surveillance. I also came to examine him myself each day, and this morning I noticed some new signs. I'll save you the complicated details, but to make it short, if all goes well, Inu-Yasha should wake up in the next 12 hours, at the most.

They looked at her with wide eyes, not knowing what to say. She smiled and pursued :

- I made sure each of you were warned because I figured you would wish to know it right away. Now, you can stay here and wait if you want, but you can also go back home and we'll call you again when he wakes up.

- No, Kagome immediately answered. I'll stay... I want to be here when... when he'll open his eyes...

- Me too, retorted Sango.

- And so as me, said Miroku.

Sesshomaru just walked to the bed and sat down on a chair beside it. Apparently, he had no intentions of leaving either.

- As you wish, Kaede said gently. Then you can watch him for me, what do you say ? And when he wakes up, just press that button over there, I'll come right away !

With that, she gave them another smile and walked out of the room.

They settled themselves around the bed (some of the machines had been removed, so now both sides of the bed were free), and they quietly observed the still form lying on it... Inu-Yasha didn't have his oxygen mask anymore, since he could now breathe by himself, and a little number of tubes had been removed from his arms. He was still very pale, though... His little ears were twitching almost all the time now, catching sounds that they obviously couldn't identify.

They waited. Three hours... then five... then eight... Finally, after ten hours and sixteen minutes of waiting, it happened.

It was almost 3 a.m. Kagome had her arms crossed and resting on the bed's mattress (for some reason, the metallic bar had also been removed). Her head was resting sleepily in the cavity of her folded arms. Miroku was sitting in a big chair, Sango in his lap, and they were both far asleep. Even Sesshomaru was starting to nod off. But suddenly, a soft moan resonated in the silence of the room...

Sesshomaru's eyes flew wide open, any idea of sleep erased from his mind. Kagome raised her head so quickly that it almost made her dizzy. Miroku jumped and abruptly woke up. Sango did the same and almost fell from her boyfriend's lap, but he caught her in time. Then all gazes focused on the seemingly asleep hanyou...

Inu-Yasha groaned again, fighting to wake up. He moved his head to the right, then to the left. His ears twitched, his eyelids trembled. He weakly raised his left arm and held his forehead with his hand. Then he let his arm fall back, not having the strength to keep it up. He took a shaky breath and slowly, very slowly, he opened his eyes...

They held their breath, unable to speak, their emotions choking them. All they could do was stare, not yet able to believe it.

There it was, what they all wanted to see. What they had prayed for, their greatest wish... All that waiting, just for that sight... The most beautiful sight in the world... All of that and more, just for the relief of seeing those sleepy, confused, gorgeous golden eyes.

And under that golden gaze, they finally came back to life.

A/N : I told you you woudn't wait long for the next chapter ! So, Inu-Yasha has woke up. Are you happy ? Come on, I know you are ! OK, now I'll answer to those who sent me reviews... Oh and by the way, thank you for it !

Sesshomaru'sHOT : Yes I know that usually Sesshomaru would be very pleased by Inu-Yasha's misery, but not in my fics. I rather when they're in good terms. I'm very sorry if you don't like it that way... Anyway, thank you for your good comments, and don't worry I never make Inu-Yasha die, or if I do I revive him later (I don't like it either when he dies !). I hope you liked this new chapter, as you can see everyone was there at our hanyou's reawakening (Kagome too, of course) ! Review again if you can !

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