Hey! Here's chapter 5! Sorry it took so long people! My computer is being stupid. There's a lot of crap going on so... anyways... smiles
Chapter 5 : Trauma
Inuyasha spent the next two weeks with Kyoi and Sota taking care of Zoria and Kayo. As time past, he grew more tired, slumped around and looked at all other people around him with a hard time focussing his baggy eyes.
Eventually, Kagome's leg was unbroken, so she was able to take care of her little buggers like a mother should.
"I feel so guilty for not being able to take care of them for a couple weeks." said Kagome, all depressed.
"It's all good, Kagome. You weren't well anyways. Don't worry about it! You're better now, so lets do what we can to raise these kids as properly as possible." Said Inuyasha reassuringly.
The days and weeks past, and things seemed to be getting better for everyone. Kagome spirits were up. She completely forgot about Hojo's death and the guilt she barred for the past 3 weeks because of her condition. Inuyasha was used to taking care of the twins constantly by now. He ended up being the best father anyone could ask for.
This impressed everybody.
No one expected him to be a good father figure, but he was doing really good, in spite of his harsh past. As time went by, things went by more easily. Zoria and Kayo were growing more everyday. Pretty soon, they crawled, then talked, and eventually walked. Zoria was a little clumsy and started walking about three weeks after Kayo. She even started to talk later than Kayo. They were now almost three years old.
Inuyahsa found himself a job as a garbage man. He did'nt like it one bit, but it payed good money.
One evening, exausted from a whole entire day of garbage picking in the cold, Inuyasha went to the kids' room to make sure that the little ones were okay. Kayo immediately stumbled to his father, crying "daddy!" with great joy in his eyes, but Zoria wouldn't respond.
"Hey Zoria! Daddy's home! Where's my hug, you little bugger?"
Still no response. She just sat there playing with her blocks, unaware that Inuyasha had called her name at all.
"Zoria?.. Hey Kagome. Come here for a sec..."
"What is it Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome as she climbed the stairs from the kitchen to the room.
"Try talking to Zoria. She won't answer me." Said Inuyasha with concern as Kagome entered the room.
"Okay..." she then approached Zoria. "Hey Zoria... Zoria?" She didn't seem to be responding to Kagome either. Kayo stumbled into Kagome's arms. "Mommy!" The expression of joy on his face was a Kodak moment. Then a look of puzzlement appeared on Kayo's face.
"Ts wrong, Mommy?" asked Kayo curiously. Zoria seemed not to notice either Kayo, Inuyasha or Kagome's presence around. She continued to play with her blocks, then suddenly let a shrill cry and grabbed onto her ear.
"What's wrong, baby?" asked Kagome picking Zoria up into her arms in a panic. Zoria continued to cry and squirm as she grabbed onto her right ear. "It's okay, Zori, baby... Inuyasha! Get her coat! We're going to the hospital! Mom! Her ear is leaking! We need to go to the hospital, NOW! It's okay, Zori, mommy's here..." So, Kagome and Kiyoi rushed to the car and headed to the hospital. (No car crash this time) and Inuyasha was left behind to take care of Kayo.
Kagome ran to the emergency room as fast as possible with little Zoria in her arms. Her ear still continued to spew out gunk. She walked quickly to the service desk (reception?) place and interrupted the fat receptionist. (Bear with me, I'm not familiar with hospital terms.)
"My baby needs a doctor now! Please! Is Dr. Henderson around?"
"You will have to wait your turn like everyone else..." Said the fat receptionist without a care. Zoria's cries became louder and her ear leaked more and more. The receptionist then got up and paged a doctor. "Henderson to the desk please! Henderson to the desk!" (Oh my gosh... I work too much...its been a looooong day..)
Kagome and Kyoi were immediately led to a check up room and doc Henderson ran in shortly after they arrived.
"What seems to be the prob, y'all?" Asked Henderson.
"Her ear. Its leaking!" said Kagome, still panicking.
"Oh god! It seems that her ear drum has popped! Give her these medications, and keep her laying down so that the liquid could leak out. We'll keep her here for a couple days, to see if it gets better. Okies?"
So Zoria was sent to a hospital bed, with antibiotics. She didn't stop crying and yelling, so Henderson put a sleeping mask, so that the crying wouldn't make the ear any worse than it was. Kyoi went back home, but Kagome stayed with Zoria.
"This will leave her hearing impaired from her right ear for the rest of her life. If she complains about weird noises, it's completely normal." said Henderson as he took notes on Zoria's condition.
8 days later, Zoria was good enough to be sent home. Her ear was still in pain, but she no longer cried. At 10:30 pm, Kagome headed out of the hospital. Henderson followed her to the main entrance, babbling away about how cute the twins are and how lucky they all were to be in such great condition.
"Well, byes to ya, Miss Higurashi. Zoria should be okay in a couple weeks. If her conditon worsens, don't hesitate to bring hr back in." Said Doctor Henderson as he waved goodbye to Kagome.
" Okay! Thanks a bunch!" Replied Kagome as she entered Kyoi's car. " we're going home, Zori... you can see daddy and Kayo again." Kagome still talked to Zoria even though she couldn't hear properly. Kyoi parked the car they went out of the car, and entered the house. A faint smile appeared on Zoria's face. She was home at last. Kagome took off Zoria's coat, and carefully took off her tuque.
She gently placed Zoria in her bed, and kissed her forehead.
"Mommy! Zoia!" whispered Kayo, from his bed at the other side of the room. Kagome waved to Kayo and pressed her finger on her lip, making the "shut up" sing.
"Mommy..." whimpered Zoria. "The bumble bees.. Chase them away."
"Bumblebees?" asked Kagome, in confusion.
"Yeah... the bumble bees in my ear... chase them away." demanded Zoria
"I'm sorry, Zori, Mommy can't chase them away, its just something you have to live with."
She tucked Zoria in, then tucked Kayo in. Kayo waved goodbye to Kagome with a playful look on his face as Kagome left the room.
Kagome took a long warm bubble bath, then slumped in bed next to Inuyasha.
"What did the doctor say? Is she gonna be okay?" muttered Inuyasha with his eyes still closed.
"She'll be just fine. Poor thing though. She's in so much pain. Her eardrum popped, so now she'll have balance and hearing problems. I wish I could take her pain instead..."
" don't worry about it. Its not your fault... stop blaming yourself for everything, Kagome, its not healthy." Grunted Inuyasha. "Goodnight, love you, now get some sleep."
Kagome snuggled in the covers, but her eyes couldn't close. her mind was too agitated for sleep. She couldn't stop thinking of all of the past events that led her to where she was now. In spite of it all, I can't believe how lucky we are to this day. A thin smile slid onto her face and her eyes finally gave up on her. Her mind floated into the sea of dreams. Finally, a quiet night of peaceful sleep.
-Inuyasha's dream-
He smells a faint smell of something very familiar. He is running around in circles, in a forresty area. He was maybe in the Feudal Era. He looked at his hands. Claws! He had claws. He found a puddle in the middle of nowhere. Thin strings of ramen floated around in the clear puddle of water. Crimson smoke swirled in the water. He looks at his reflection. He is shocked to see a pair of hazel eyes starring back at him and a pair of dog ears on top of his silver set of hair. He then hears a familiar chuckle behind him. That familiar smell is stronger now. He hears the chuckle again, from another direction. And again, from yet another direction. He hears the chuckle again and again, from every direction possible. The chuckle escalates into loud laughing, and Inuyahsa tuns around and around to find out who was laughing at him. He looks into the crimson puddle with ramen floating all around. His demon form pops out of the puddle and attacks him... all is black, but he still hears the laughing form all directions.
-Kagome's dream-
She rides her bike on the streets of her childhood. Feeling the free wind dance through her black hair. She feels free like the wind, she keeps pedalling, waving at her former classmates as she passes them by. They don't acknowledge her presence at all. She screams out one's name... still no answer. She wonders why no one answers her calls. Her bike suddenly turns into the wrong lane and she gets hit by a passing bus. She feels a tingle all over her body and she can no longer breathe. She opens her eyes and finds herself below the surface of a cold lake. Crimson swirls swirl around her. She is sinking lower and lower. She tries harder and harder but the more she tries, the more she gets pulled down. She hears a faint whisper whispering something incoherent, the same set of syllables again and again. She chokes out for breath, sinks deeper, and is swallowed in darkness.
-Reality-
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Yelled both kagome and Inuyasha as they woke up from their nightmares.
"You had a dream too?" Asked Inuyasha paranoid.
"Yeah.. How weird... what can this all mean?"
Two shrill cries of fear came out of Zoria and Kayo's room. Kagome and Inuyasha sprinted out of thier room into the hall way. They stayed frozen in shock at what they saw. A bright pinkish purplish light shined out of the twins' room as they screamed.
"Kayo!"
Zoria!"
well, this is chappy 5. I won't be posting as often anymore because I'm working on a few stories at the same time, and I'm busy with school and work and other things. I have a new fanfic started. I'll post chapter 1 as soon as I can. Merry Christmas and a happy new year, and happy any other celebration that is celebrated at this time of year! now review, or else i'll send you an unwanted gift for christmas! i have alot of stink bombs, so beware and review right now! come on! what are you waiting for? (Smiles)
