Thank you, Hrtofdrkns (!), for the main idea. They are in need big time. Note that I can take not only ideas for this story, but also drawing the scenes of it, which I do very much in Deviantart. I do it for free, it's not commissioning. Just tell me which scene you want to see and I'll draw it if I can/want.
Chapter 43 – Discrimination
They were living hard times in the hospital of Kuroshima, ward K10-3. Just during a year there had been an escape, two murder attempts and one successful. They even got into the news. Jakotsu was more excited than ever when he could pose in front of the camera of the journalist, since he wanted to make sure his picture would get in the paper.
But the staff of the ward didn't like that Jakotsu gave the journalist wrong picture of this ward. He had told him how proud he was about how he had almost killed two nurses in this ward and wished to have sex with all the men in here.
This was irreversible. The journalist was gone with his pictures and writings. And a week later the news arrived into the dining room when patients were having their breakfast.
Oh God. Some patients read it. Actually, they didn't really care, but Jakotsu made everyone know his feelings about this:
"Hehe, now we are famous! So awesome!"
And that got the ward to misfortune.
One day the office's phone rang. Mitsuhiro answered. "Mitsuhrio Akiyama, ward K10-3."
"Hello, this is inspector Kusahima from the gowernment, good day."
"... Good day?"
"We are calling you to tell I will pay you a visit tomorrow to your ward. As we had read from the news how horrible things are in there, I will come and see what can we do to make things better, or see if there is even anything feasible"
"I see."
"I'll be there tomorrow by 10 AM."
"Uh... Welcome."
Mitsuhiro put the phone down, his eyes wide. Oh shit. What could this mean? What kind of a picture would the inspector get from the ward? What if someone attacks him? Would the whole ward be closed?
After all the nurses had heard the news from Mitsuhiro, they started thinking how to survive the following day. Take a shower in the morning. Brush your hair and teeth. Just be at your best.
And so the morning came. Mitsuhiro woke up early to get ready. He took a long, thorough shower and put on some aftershave. He ate like a king to make sure his blood sugar levels would be good.
'I quess this will do...' he thought as he was putting on his black leather jacket. He got in his car, grabbed he driver's wheel and sighed. Here we go...
He arrived at the ward at about 8 AM. At first he got to the break room. Kaede sat there.
"Morning, Mitsuhiro!" she greeted. Mitsuhiro raised his hand as a greeting. "Now, I think ye should give Inuyasha a shower. All the women patients have already taken showers, and so have the men, not counting Jakotsu, who can't go into the shower with others at the same time. He'll go after you and Inuyasha."
"I see. I'll do it just as soon as I get changed."
"Inuyasha!" Mitsuhiro called out as he opened to door to Inuyasha's and Miroku's room. Inuyasha was laying on his back on his bed, Miroku sitting, reading a book out loud. Both turned towards him, Miroku shutting his book.
"What is it?" Miroku asked.
"Inuyasha, come with me. Let's take a shower."
"You know, Inuyasha", said Mitsuhiro as he was showering the boy. "Today we will have an inspector man come for a visit, who want's to see how things are in here."
Inuyasha turned towards him over his shoulder and tweaked his ears.
"So, I'm seriously asking you to act like an angel today. I promise I'll buy you a six-pack of Mountain Dew if you just act as calm as possible when with him."
The shower went well, in silence. But as Mitsuhiro started drying the boy, he started growling, baring his fangs. Mitsuhiro sighed.
'There is no God...'
"Should we just put him in a straightjacket?" one nurse suggested as she and other nurses were having a converstion in the office about what to do with Inuyasha. "We must make sure he doesn't attack him."
"But what will he think if the first thing he sees after walking in is a patient strapped up?" Mitsuhiro asked.
"We are in deep shit."
Mitsuhiro was sitting on the living room's sofa, next to Inuyasha, tapping his finger against the handrest. He was so nervous – unlike the boy. He was more relaxed as ever. He had no idea what was going to happen withing just half an hour.
Then the doorbell rang.
"Stay here, Right Here", Mitsuhiro whispered and walked away. He opened the door...
"Welcome, welcome!" he greeted with a fake smile. But the man who came in seemed as serious as if this was about a murder – while, actually, it was...
"I am Mitsuhiro Akiyama, one of the nurses. I will introduce the ward to you today."
"... Where did you get that horrible scar from?" the man asked, pointing at the large, stitched scar, going from Mitsuhiro's cheek all the way to his right collarbone. It was the one Jakotsu had done to him a while ago.
"Well uh... It was just an accident. L... Let's change the subject!"
"As you can see, our patients are talented with art..." Mitshiro said as he was leading the inspector through the main corridor, pointing at the all different kinds of pictures on both walls and windows.
"We have a music room in here, and there is a pool in the building C..."
"How many times a week do you go swimming?" the inspector asked.
"Well... Currently we are not able to go there... We need all the nurses in here and the patients are... should I say in poor condition..."
And just when Mitsuhiro thought things couldn't get worse, they walked by the living room... And the inspector saw Inuyasha, sitting on the sofa.
"Is that a...?" he wondered and walked closer slowly. Inuyasha turned his eyes at him. "Is this thing a demon?"
"Please don't call him like that..." Mitsuhiro pleaded. "And yes, he is a hanyou, and, actually, my own patient."
"How can you keep dirty hanyous in this ward? This Thing should be kept in a cage!"
Now Inuyasha started growling. But the inspector wasn't startled.
"See? It is dangerous!"
"Ooh no, no no no. He's just getting, um... tired! Just a sec, I'll take him into his room for a nap."
"No. You will take it to the isolation room!"
"Well... I don't think acting like this is a good enough reason to isolate anyone."
"You'd better do as I say or I will write about this in my notebook."
"No, seriously. There are always reasons when we shut someone in the isolation room..."
"But as I said; this creature belongs to a cage!"
Inuyasha yanked a bit in Mitsuhiro's grip.
"Please try to get a hold of yourself or we're in big trouble!' Mitsuhiro whispered in the boy's ear.
Kagome had been following this discussion these men had been having. And she was disgusted. Now she had had enough! She marched to them and stared at the inspector with a murdering gaze.
"And who are you?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.
"I am Kagome Higurashi!" she shouted. "And you are an incredible asshole!"
"Kagome Kagome Kagome..." Mitsuhiro tried to console the girl while standing behind the inspector.
"Are you telling me even your human patients act like this?" he asked.
"No, this is just... They are a bit tense when there are outsiders in the ward..."
"Hiya!" a womenly voice shouted from the other side of the main corridor. And the person who shouted that was...
Jakotsu. Mitsuhiro started feeling suicidal.
"Hi there, my friend!" he greeted and shook hands with him. "I am Jakotsu, and let me tell you, you are Sexy!"
"Get lost, Jakotsu..." Mitsuhiro whispered. But Jakotsu started taking steps towards the inspector, closer and closer... Until he was standing before him... And grabbed his groin.
"That's it!" Mitsushiro shouted, grabbed Jakotsu, turned him around, slapped his butt and pushed away. The man ran away, laughing like a lunatic.
"I am SO sorry about that!" Mitsuhiro remembered how Jakotsu once did this to him.
"You should be", the inspector mumbled with an angry face. "Believe me, the only way you can save this ward is that you put those three patient in isolation rooms Right Now!"
Mitsuhiro told the other nurses about what the inspector had said. Of course, everyone was against it, but they had to think about the ward's future. And so, all the nurses spread through the ward. Mitsuhiro and three others went to get Inuyasha, as they knew Inuyasha would be the hardest of the trio.
And they were right. Inuyasha didn't co-operate with going to the isolation room. There was a huge fight, which the inspector watched from afar. Mitsuhiro saw him shake his head and write something in his notebook.
Finally the situation was this: Inuyasha was in the isolation room one, strapped on the bed and medicated. Jakotsu was in the second room, but not medicated or strapped. And Kagome, in room three. Now the final thing the inspector wanted to do before leaving was to check upon the three patients. First Kagome.
"You are one of a hot-headed little girl", the inspector grinned.
"And you are one of the most disgusting asshole I have ever, I mean EVER seen!" she shouted and spitted on his shoe. Mitsuhiro was standing on the doorway, sighing.
They left Kagome, and went to the second room, where Jakotsu was.
"You still think I'm sexy?" the inspector raised is eyebrow.
"Oooo you'd be surprised!" the man nodded with his insane face. "I would really want to fuck you!" Then he started taking off his pants. "So, now that we can get down to bussiness..."
"Get out of there!" Mitsuhiro shouted, dragged the inspector out and shut the door fast.
"Hey! I knew you would have enjoyed it!" Jakotsu's voice sounded from inside.
"Okay now, then Inuyasha..." Mitsuhiro said.
Room one. Lights were out, and the old lady Kaede was sitting next to Inuyasha's bed.
"So, has it calmed down?" the inspector asked. He walked just beside him and waved his hand in front of the boy's face. He opened his eyes half and... tried to bite him. He was fast enough to withdraw his hand, but was startled.
"This thing should never be let off the straps!"
"Believe me, this is the worst he can be..." Mitsuhiro said.
"Yes. There are moments when he is simply adorable", Kaede nodded.
"I don't believe you."
Every nurse and the inspector had gathered in the break room for some coffee. And everyone wanted to hear what the inspector thoguht about the ward.
"We are so sorry about the three patients you met", Mitsuhiro apologized. "Actually, the little girl is usually very quiet and proper... You see, she just has feelings towards Inuyasha... The dog boy... And she maybe got a bit angry when you called him 'it'"
"How could anyone have feelings towards that half-breed mutt?"
Mitsuhiro looked calm, but he was boiling inside. Nobody calls his own patient a half-breed mutt! But he knew he had to stay calm.
"Well, will the ward be... closed?" one nurse asked.
"No, I don't think it is necessary", the inspector shook his head. "Even though I saw how sick patients you have, I also saw how you can manage with them... Even that half-breed. But you can be sure that if we see one more articles in the news about this place, you can kiss this place good bye!"
After the inspector was gone, Kagome was let out from the isolation room. As Inuyasha was still clearly feeling upset, it was decided that he would spend strapped for at least 'til morning.
But there was no question about Jakotsu! He would be locked up for a while, as he was looking really horny, masturbating in the isolation room. Nobody wanted him to rape someone, so he had to be kept in there until he calms down.
As Jakotsu got heated only towards men, only women nurses brought him his food trays.
The nurses were very relieved of the news that their ward was saved – even though they were positive they would be doomed after everything today had happened. Now they were in the break room, gathered around the table.
"Sometimes I really wonder which one is the most toughest patient is this ward – Inuyasha or Jakotsu?" Kaede wondered.
"Inuyasha is not such a horny murderer as Jakotsu", Mitsuhiro mumbled while drinking his coffee. "Inuyasha is just sick. More like a little, lost animal."
Then another nurse came into the room. He was the one who had sat beside Inuyasha for this half an hour Mitsuhiro had had a break.
"I'm goin' back", the man said and got up. He walked into the dark isolation room. In the middle of it was the bed, and on it laid Inuyasha, strapped from chest, ankles and wrists. First, he seemed asleep, but after Mitsuhiro moved the chair a bit, he opened his eyes and turned towards the nurse.
"Hi there", Mitsuhiro said as he sat down, not looking at the boy. "Well, I did promise you a six-pack of Mountain Dew... But only if you'd behave. And you didn't. Of course I understand you were having hard times listening to that crap that he told you, but... Yeah. I would really love to give you a Mountain Dew, but maybe later."
Inuyasha tweaked his ears, rolled his head towards the ceiling and closed his eyes.
"Hm... Let me know if you want some food", Mitsuhiro said, leaned back against his chair and sighed. Now all he had to do was to stay quiet.
