This is the second part of the double update. Enjoy and R and R.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot; remember in the first story where people form other shows drop in and whoever guesses which show they're from will get a special dedication? WELL IT'S Back!

Sesshomaru's Forbidden Bonds II

Therapy and Operation

His eyes were wide open as he gazed out into the new era. The valley where the village laid was replaced with black river-like roads with white and yellow markings and towering structures of glass and iron. His nose twinge at the pungent scent of humans filled his nostril.

"So you made it through after all." he heard the hanyou smirk as he gazed out through the doors of the well house. Sesshomaru glanced around the shrine grounds to see his wife, brother, and the meko just outside of the main house. He straighten himself up and shifter his eyes calmly as though nothing surprised him.

"I called the hospital. They said they're going to start looking for a match but we're going to have to start the therapy as soon as possible to buy us time." Kagome said in an upset tone.

Inuyasha: "What therapy?"

Soun: "How soon?"

Kagome: "I've arranged the first appointment for this afternoon."

Sesshomaru: "How long will it take to search?"

The girl hesitantly shrugged, "I don't know….I just don't know."

"Well come on where's this therapeuda or whatever place? The sooner we get this done the sooner we can get back and get rid of the Kutoso." Inuyasha said elevating his voice impatiently as he started down the stairs.

"No Inuyasha! We can't go yet!"

"Well why not Kagome!"

"We've got to make them look less…conspicuous."

"Oh not that again! You don't see everyone looking at me strangely!"

Kagome: "That's because everyone's used to you. Now shut up and help me."

Nearly four hours later they had arrived at the hospital. With great reluctancy Soun wore a yellow floral dress, while Sesshomaru had on a white T-shirt with a blue stripe, jeans, and a black jacket.

As the medical staff were working on Soun Kagome went ahead to talk with one of the doctors. He had long red hair, green eyes, and a sad yet trustworthy face. The doctor looked to Kagome, "And where would be her medical records?" he asked routinely.

"Uuuhh….medical records?" Kagome asked, suddenly becoming nervous.

"Any things we should know. Previous appointments, medications, blood type, possible health hazards at work…" the Doctor replied watching as Kagome thought.

"Uh…she doesn't have any."

"She doesn't?" The doctor asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well…you see….they're from sort of a very old fashion town…like the Amish in the U.S. …only Japanese…ehe ehe..." she replied honestly, though not mentioning the time era.

The doctor thought for a moment, still watching Kagome, "I do not believe I've heard of such a place."

"Well they don't really want any interaction with the modern world more then they need to…so it wouldn't be on any map…" she lied.

Just then a nurse came in with the lab results which she held in her right hand. "Everything is cleared now. We will have to put Mrs. Yee on chemotherapy as soon as possible to hold the cancer at bay until a matching organ is found."

"Does she have to?" Kagome asked, having hoped this wouldn't have to be done.

"I'm afraid so," the nurse replied giving her a sympathetic look.

Kagome knew that the search will be long and the burden of the chemo would be severe. So to try to make the stay just even a little bit enjoyable she and the family decided to loan to them the guest room on the second floor which overlooked the shrine grounds.

It was large enough for the two of them to stay comfortably, but above all, it was quiet. Quiet enough not be overwhelmed by the alien world they had literally dropped into.

"Don't worry dear, it'll be over before we know it," Kagome's mom said after she brought in some extra blankets and towels for the couple.

"Thank you, it is very much appreciated." Sesshomaru slightly bowed his head, then turned to Soun who was resting.

Inuyasha released a frustrated sigh, "How long is it going to take for them to find a heart?"

Kagome: "it's not like the feudal era,-

They have to find a perfect match or else it'll be useless.

Inuyasha flicked aside of his long black locks. The sun had set making way for the moonless night in which hanyou's powers were gone. "Well the sooner they find it the better."

Suddenly Soun jerked up from her bed and looked out the window at the moonless sky, "uh...Sessh...you did tell the others back through the well what happens when the moon's full or gone. Right?"

Sesshomaru's eyes widened, "I thought you did..."

The two of them then looked at each other half scared, "Uh oh."

"Aaaaah!"
"HAAA!"

Back at the village everyone in the priestesses hut raced out of the hut. Ginta and Hakkaku barded the door shut, trembling in shock and fear.

Sam, the black furred wolf demon, was carrying Kouga on her back while Keade carried a small bundle in her arms. Inside a wild rampaging demon with white fur and red eyes thrashed inside, roaring and screeching madly.

"What in the world is going on?" Sam asked between hesitant labored breaths as she adjusted Kouga's weight. She held onto his leg while his arms draped over her shoulders in his unconscious state.

Keade tightened around the blankets around the contents. The bundle squirmed as he poked his head out to see. His hair was long and black and his eyes had turned from gold to brown. His mark of the full moon had disappeared to an insignificant scar. "Don't worry," The bundle spoke tiredly, his face was slightly red of fever. "He'll be back to normal at sunrise."

"How do you figure!" the two wolf demons shrieked as they pushed against the door as the demon pounded on it to get out.

Keade: "Half demons have a time in which their demonic powers vanish leaving the demon as a mortal for a short while. Apparently with the twins when one is in this mortal state the other takes on all the demon characteristics."

Sam blinked in confusion, "So you're saying that when one's human the other's a demon?"

"Exactly."

"Oh." She gazed at the bundle with the little head poking out. She reached over and rubbed the child behind the ears.

Hegiowu leaned his head closer and twitched his leg involuntarily.

"Mrs. Yee, It's time." a nurse said opening the doors to the waiting room.

Kagome turned her head to the couple nervously. Soun Yee and Sesshomaru looked deeply into each other's eyes before slowly moving apart. "Soun..."

"I'll be back." she said touching his face, "I promise."

Several long weeks had come and gone since they had arrived in the feudal era with no heart to be found.

Soun Yee had stayed on the therapy. And Sesshomaru remained at her side.

The chemo had done more then reduce the spread of the cancer. Her hair had fallen out forcing her to hide under a cloth cap. She had grown thinner, weaker, and more intolerant of everyone around her.

Now the time had come; and Sesshomaru could only watched as two men in strange blue gowns take his mate by the shoulders and usher her into the modern medical world beyond what he was aloud to see. Soun Yee turned back to him just before disappearing from his sights and whispered, "Be brave." then she was gone.

Kagome reached into her bag and took out a textbook and some pencils, "You two better make yourselves comfortable. This might take a while."

Sesshomaru continued to stare at the door as he heard his brother say, "How long is this going to take?"

"I don't know. I guess for a heart transplant it would take several hours. Maybe half the day to do it right."

The hours slowly ticked away during the day. The minutes played its cruel game of raising uncertainty and dwindling hopes. Kagome had surprisingly finished her medical training homework and has fallen asleep on Inuyasha's arm. The half demon sighed and glanced at the loud clock above which read 2:48 P.M. "Darn it. Doesn't that arrow ever move!" He looked around the room for something to distract himself. Two elderly people were sitting at the other side of the room. Four visitors came and went. The annoying stench of the sterilizers and fresheners made his sensitive nostrils burn.

He cocked his head to Sesshomaru, who was still starring at the door. It had been nearly four hours and nothing seemed to draw his gaze away. Not even the smell.

"Sesshomaru?"

He nearly jumped when the phone at the receptionist's desk rung. The tone deaf lady answered, "Hello Dr. Shuichi's office. (pause) I'm sorry he's in surgery at the moment."

Sesshomaru stood up from his seat and walked to the door.

A few minutes afterward Inuyasha followed, leaving Kagome behind He followed his brother to the semi restricted area where medical students could see what was happening. He found him in front of a large two-way mirror overlooking an operating room. The Hanyou stood next to him to see what was happening.

Several of these 'doctors' were surrounding person on a table, under a blue blanket while the other humans where cutting at it with small knives and oddly shaped devices. The blood was almost non existent to their sight but a sack of it was hanging above. "Weird:" Inuyasha said in awe, "Scary but amazing."

"She's in there. I know it but I can't seem to smell it." Sesshomaru hissed through his tight jaw, "How on earth can humans safe a life with nothing more than those monstrous devices with no magic."

"Humans have evolved over the years. I know Kagome's aid kit held some strange powers. Maybe what these professionals can do even better."

"They're removing her heart, and replacing it with one of their own dead. How can that be better for her?" the older brother asked nearly angered.

Inuyasha grabbed him by the arm, "They're saving her life. Whatever this cancer is will kill her it's left alone in our time."

By then one of the nurses - had spotted the two and rushed to them, "I'm afraid you have to stay in the waiting room."

(a few more hours later)

The door opened and a tall red haired man in the same blue jumpsuit stepped in, "Higurashi?"

Kagome shook Inuyasha awake and with Sesshomaru approached him, "Yes."

"I'm Dr. Suichi. I was the one who performed the operation on Mrs. Yee."

Sesshomaru hesitated (A.N. gasp) and asked, "How is she?"

"The operation was a success. However she's very weak and unstable."

"Can we see her?" Kagome pleaded.

"Yes but just one at a time. And be careful." The doctor led them to a private bed chamber with her name and file hanging on the door.

The mighty demon lord starred at the door fearfully. What had become of his mate now after enduring a procedure alien to them both? He nearly jumped when he felt his younger brother's hand touch his shoulder. "You go first.."

Sesshomaru glanced at him and breathed heavily. Slowly he opened the door and entered inside. The same stench was stronger in the chamber. He immediately found her on a white sheeted metal bed with the head partially raised. He took a chair near the door and sat next to her. Tubes connected her to a metal pole- holding a sack of clear fluid and a sack of blood. Suction cups wired her to a machine one the opposite side of her counting the pulse in her veins. "Such wonder."

He gazed down at Soun Yee. Her face was pale and still, a mask was held to her mouth leading to a tank. The beeping sound from the machine were slow and clearly weak. He took her right hand and held it close to his face, "What have they done to you?"

Beep. Beep Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Sesshomaru gasp in surprise, "What was the meaning of this?"

Suddenly several attendants and nurses swarmed into the room. They shoved him out as they loaded her onto a stretcher. Kagome and Inuyasha backed away in fear as Sesshomaru join them as the humans with Soun disappeared into the halls.

Kagome: "What happened?

Sesshomaru shivered in fear, "I don't know. I don't know." He stepped backwards and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Kagome looked around franticly. "Where did he go!"

Inuyasha walked down the hall ahead, "Calm down I'll find him."

Inuyasha searched the building until he finally found Sesshomaru in the men's room with the door ajar. He cautiously entered inside to find his brother on his knees by the sink, "I told you not to eat the food here." he joked.

His humor streak was cut short when he saw that Sesshomaru actually had tears flowing down his eyes. Quietly he shut the door and locked it. He set his arm around Sesshomaru's shoulder while kneeling down to his eye level, "Sesshomaru?"

"Tell me. Will she make it?" his brother asked between labored breaths.

Inuyasha turned away. How could he answer a question like that when even he didn't know? He answered honestly, "I'm not sure."

Sesshomaru sunk lower to the floor. His muffled cries were growing louder and more desperate.

Inuyasha wrapped his arms around his brother and pulled him close, "Listen Sesshomaru, no one can be all big and tough forever. But this is not the time to be breaking down now. She told you to be brave. If you can't be for yourself then at least be for her."

The demon lord froze in his place and starred up at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha: "And if not for her, then for your children."
Sesshomaru swallowed deeply and wrapped his arm around the Hanyou. New hope from an impossible source touched his heart and lightened his spirits, "Thank you."

They walked together back to the waiting room. When they had arrived a nurse had just opened the door and looked over to Kagome.

"Higurashi."

Again the three neared the approaching medic, "How is she?"

The nurse who called them glanced thought the files in her hand, "Your friend is much more stable now. She's still weak but will be able to return home within a few days."

Kagome screamed and threw her arms around Inuyasha's neck, "Yes! Did you hear that? She's goanna be okay!"

Sesshomaru enter the same room again. This time Soun Yee didn't had the breathing mask on and the beats from the machine were stronger. He sat down next to her again. He grasped her hand firmly so not to let her go again. He soon felt the receiving hand grasp his tightly. Immediately he saw here eyes begin to open.

"Ss...Sessh..." she rasped

"Soun Yee!" He said happily, his eyes brightened in a glow no one had ever seen. She smiled at him weakly and pulled his hand to her face, "I'm sorry…I'm sorry I had caused so much trouble…"

Sesshomaru brushed his cheek against her hand and softly kiss it, "Shh…it wasn't you. So there's nothing to be blame."

Soun brushed away his new tears from his face and yawn silently.

"Rest now. I'll be here when you awaken."

Soun Yee's smile widened and drifted back into slumber.

Sesshomaru watched over her for several minutes before glaring at where her new heart was. He placed his hand over her heart and felt its steady beat, "Heart of one from this world. I swear on my soul that if you fail to beat for my mate again, she will be buried honorably, while you will be burned in the fires of hell."

You think that's it? Now they just need to get rid of the flowers and it's over? NOPE! It is only the beginning….