I have ideas for a few following chapters, but that's about it. Help me out with ideas!
Chapter 56 – Are you really him?
It had been three days since Inuyasha had opened his golden eyes. And every day his father and personal nurse sat beside his bed. They were talking. There would have been so much to ask the boy. But he was a bit lost. His memory was like blown away. He remembered the most important things, but thats about it.
This morning he was moved from the ICU. Now he was in the infection ward. He still had some fever, but his CRP stats had dropped significantly, almost to the normal level.
It had been about an hour since Inuyasha being moved. And now the doctor came.
"Hello there, Inuyasha", he smiled, starting to look at the files in his hands. "If your fever drops, you can be discharged from here this evening. But you must make sure he stays in this hanyou-form. If he changes back, call us immediately!"
"So... there really is a chance he will turn back...?" Inutaisho said, quiet.
"Don't worry, as for now, things look very promising. Now, if you want to, you can do something nice. Maybe go to the canteen?"
"Oh that would be nice!"
Mitsuhiro got Inuyasha a wheelchair, and so the trio got out from the ward. They took the elevator to the ground floor.
"Let's hope that the next time we meet will not be here in this hospital", Inutaisho winked.
"So! What do you want?" Inutaisho asked as they got to the canteen. "Let me guess..."
"Yea, Mountain Dew."
"Seriously, nothing else? A pastry? Maybe ice cream?"
"No."
"Well, okay then..."
Both men took strawberry pastries and coffee, and Inuyasha, of course his soda. He drank it slowly with a drinking straw.
"Say, Inuyasha", Mitsuhiro said. "Would you be ready to return to Kuroshima?"
"Ya", Inuyasha nodded slowly, staring nowhere. Then his father reached his hand towards towards his forehead and smiled.
"I'd say your fever is down. Maybe we get out of here today."
And so they returned to the ward. Inuyasha laid down on his bed and sighed. Everything was so different now. He had lived his whole life in a void, and now this – what was this all?
Soon the doctor arrived. He had an ear thermometer in his hand.
"Okay now, it's the moment Let's chek your fever." He put the thermometer in the boy's dog ear, and in a few seconds it beeped. The doctor looked at the screen and smiled. "98 F. You are free to go."
As Inutaisho put Inuyasha's chewing toy to his backpack, Inuyasha sat up and looked around, looking confused.
"Where're my clothes...?"
"Oh... Sorry, I didn't think about this... We don't even have clothes your current size as you were home in your own clothes since you were only eight..."
"Don't worry", Mitsuhiro smiled and started digging his own backpack... There they were – Inuyasha's hospital clothes from Kuroshima. The gray pants and a white shirt.
Inuyasha started putting them on slowly. Mitsuhiro also had something the boy never really wore. Shoes.
"Put these on", Mitsuhiro said and handed over the sneakers.
"Don' wanna", the boy grunted without even looking at the shoes.
"Well, okay..."
"This is when we separate", said Inutaisho as the trio stood in front of the hospital's main door.
"But daddy..." Inuyasha whimpered with ears drooping.
"We will meet soon. And if – more like when – you feel better, maybe we can go and do something nice together, you, me and Sessh."
Inuyasha nodded. And so, Inutaisho got to his car, and Mitsuhiro to his own.
"Come, Inuyasha", he said, and so Inuyasha walked to the black car and sat down next to Mitsuhiro.
"Can't wait to see how they react when they see – or more like Hear – you! I'm so excited!" Mitsuhiro smiled, holding the driver's wheel. Inuyasha stared at his feet, quiet.
In a few hours they got there; Kuroshima hospital, ward K10-3. They chose to take the elevator to get to the third floor – Inuyasha Did still have fever this morning. They should take it easy.
Now they stood in front of the ward's glassy main door. Inuyasha placed his hands against it and sniffed a bit. Some of the smells felt unfamiliar...Except for one.
As Mitsuhiro was about to open the door, he turned toward the boy. He was whimpering and twitching his ears. Mitsuhiro actually guessed why, but didn't say anything. He opened the door and let the boy in...
Inuyasha looked in every direction. Sniff sniff. Then he caught the smell he was looking for. He got on his way towards it...
"Inuyasha, are you sure you...?" Mitsuhiro tried to ask the boy, but he was already gone.
Inuyasha wandered through the ward and got to the patient room corridor. It was highly prohibited to enter any rooms than your own, but Inuyasha couldn't care less. Finally he found that room. He stopped in front of it's door and almost opened it, but started hearing sobbing from inside. Inuyasha placed his dog ear against it. Then he opened it...
Kagome was sitting on her bed, curled up, hugging her knees. But she flinched right away, and saw Inuyasha... Her eyes widened.
"Kyaa!" she shouted. Inuyasha stared at her, quiet and calm. In a few seconds Kagome too calmed down.
"Your eyes... A-are you... Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha nodded, walked to her and sat down next to her on her bed.
"So I... I guess the blood transfusion worked..."
"Yes", the boy nodded. Now Kagome flinched again.
"Y-you, you...Oh my God! You're talking!"
Inuyasha nodded and kind of changed the topic.
"Don't cry. Why are you crying?" he asked.
"Well I... I guess my life feels unbearable sometimes..."
Then they could hear the bell that tells it was time for food, rang. Inuyasha twitched his ears, got up and stared at Kagome.
"Come."
"...No."
"Come!"
But Kagome sat still. Finally Inuyasha sighed and walked out of the room... But this didn't mean he had given up.
He walked the main corridor, and he actually was prepared to the attention he would get. He got in the food line...
"Holy-!" Sango shouted out when she saw Inuyasha. "I-Inuyasha...!"
"What is it...?" Miroku asked and stared at the boy. "Your eyes... And no stripes..."
"Whoa! And I thought the blood-thing wouldn't work!" Koga shouted.
"Well I think you were sexier as a full demon..." Jakotsu grinned.
"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha shouted at him. Now everyone went all quiet.
"Did he just talk?"
"How can this be?"
"Okay now, everyone. Take your food and eat. We can discuss this after dinner", Mituhiro said.
Inuyasha was last in the line. But he did something special. He made himself a meal on a wooden tray, BUT... He made an another, too. With both trays in his hands he walked away from the dining hall.
"Hey! Inuyasha!" Mitsuhiro shouted. "Get back here! Where are you going?"
"Kagome." And he disappeared behind the corridor.
Inuyasha opened the door from the door handle with his right foot. Kagome looked at the arrival...
Inuyasha sat on the bed next to her, placing the tray on her lap, starting to eat his own food.
But Kagome didn't eat. Inuyasha did give her some time, but finally got really bored with it.
"Eat!" he shouted. Kagome flinched a bit. Slowly, Kagome started eating the rice. And so they ate together. Inuyasha had some questions.
"Why dont'cha eat?"
Kagome seemed sad.
"I am fat. That's why."
"But you are not fat", Inuyasha said his eyes wide, looking at the girl. She could see something on his face – an expression. Feeling. She hadn't seen that many times before.
"Yes I am."
"YOU! NO! You are NOT fat!" Inuyasha roared. Kagome tried to stay calm, but she was scared on the inside.
A while went in silcence. Inuyasha had eaten his dinner. He put the tray down beside himself on the bed, then turning at Kagome.
"Sorry", the boy mumbled. "I just... wish ya' well..."
Kagome turned at her meal.
"So please, eat", he pleaded.
Kagome sighed and started eating slowly. Inuyasha nodded.
It did take a while for Kagome to finish her meal, but Inuyasha waited patiently. Finally she was done. She put the tray away and turned to Inuyasha. Especially his eyes.
"Your eyes... They are so beautiful. Like gold..."
Inuyasha raised his eyebrow and twitched his ears.
