A fan fiction by Kate-chan 91
Disclaimer: I don't think about it, & neither should you.
Kate-chan 91's Tidbits (A/N): I'm baaaaaccckkkkk!
Man, there was some rrreeeeallll bad dialogue in the first chapter! Anyway, for anyone wondering, I named Sango & Kohaku's mother Rumi on purpose; it was intended to be an inside joke, along with the disclaimer above this author's note (It was Takahashi's response when asked if Female Ranma from Ranma ½ could get pregnant, & if she did, where would it go if she became male again. LOL).
Well, I hope this one's better than the first chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter Two: Hospital2222
Sango was still out cold when she started hearing a voice coming out for her from the real world; the phrase it kept repeating was "Wake up, wake up, wake up…" While she couldn't place where she heard the voice before, she tried with her best efforts to get up, but that attempt was unsuccessful. Because of this, she instead opened her brown eyes while making soft "nnn" sounds. After this, she struggled to raise her arm behind her head to scratch it.
That's when she realized she was in a hospital room.
Oh, geez! How long have I been in here!
Her question was answered when a nurse came into the room with a tray of food & medicine. Smiling, she told her, "About time you've awaken! We were getting really worried about you, especially since you were in critical condition when we got you out of that house!"
By this time, Sango managed to get the strength to somewhat painfully rise up the upper half of her body. Sango asked then asked the nurse, "Ow, how long have I been out?"
The nurse's smile turned into a frown. Her voice also shifted from sunny to calm & stern as she said: "Miss, can you guess how long you've been out first?"
Sango thought about this for a minute. She knew it definitely couldn't had been for two or three days, so she just guessed out of random, "Uh… two weeks?"
The nurse sighed. "Miss Takahashi… you were the only… survivor of the massacre that happened at your home. You've been in a coma for give or take 10 months."
This news came down to the teen like an anvil hit her hard on the head. While she was concerned & worried about an array of things, the one thing that worried her the most (other than the fact her family in dead) was-
"Is Kirara okay!"
The voice of a man answered this time. "Yes, she's alright Sango, very healthy & active now, as a matter of fact."
Sango recognized that voice that voice immediately. "Miroku?"
"You know this man, Miss Takahashi?" The nurse asked her.
"Of course!" Sango replied. "His name is Miroku, & he's been my friend since Kindergarten."
"Uh, really? …"
"Yes…" Sango replied, starting to get annoyed.
"Oops! We're terribly sorry for kicking you out everyday, sir; we thought you were a stalker of some kind." The nurse apologized to Miroku as she shook his hand as blood started rushing to her cheeks; both Miroku & Sango groaned in response.
The nurse recovered from the situation, asking Sango: "Anyway, now that's your finally conscious, would you like me to wheel you into the room where your brother's at, or do you want him to visit you?"
Sango was now confused. "What the- I thought you said he was dead!"
"I thought so too!" Miroku paraphrased.
The nurse walked towards both of them. In a low, slow as molasses voice, she rhetorically asked them, "If I bring both of you into the lab, can you keep it secret? The last thing we need is the public being aware about this."
Both of them slowly nodded, perplexed at the question they were just asked.
The nurse slightly smiled. "Alright then, let's get Miss Takahashi into a wheelchair, shall we?"
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Some heaving and adjusting later, the trio was rolling and walking down the long white corridor towards a laboratory located in the hospital. As they were getting nearer & nearer to their destination, the two teens were gradually getting more nervous about what was to await them.
Finally, in what seemed like a lifetime, they reached their destination: the third floor laboratory. The nurse knocked on the door in what seemed like a pattern, & the door slightly opened.
"What's the password?" The man behind the door asked in a firm voice.
To answer this, the nurse bent down towards the door crack & whispered what seemed to be a code of numbers and letters. Apparently, the valid password, since the man allowed all three inside before closing & locking the door.
The nurse, who was pushing Sango in the wheelchair, signaled Miroku to follow her into a room inside the laboratory, which was vast, quite drab & discharged negative energy to virtually anyone who entered & trekked through.
The three spoke not a word, even when they entered the room where Kohaku currently resided; this was definitely the creepiest room. First of all, the room was white, lacked windows & had only two pieces of furniture in it: a desk & bed. Second, a camera was installed in one of the corners to capture every move they did as long as they were by that camera. Finally, the only person in the room was a boy that was supposed to be dead ten months ago: Takahashi Kohaku.
Kohaku & the three people who just opened his room's door looked at each other in what seemed like eternity. Finally, Sango, who was in tears, said in disbelief, "Ko-ko-Kohaku?"
"A- a-a- Aneue? Is that you?" Kohaku asked his sister, coming towards the girl in the wheelchair.
When he reached her, the two of them hugged each other & started to cry. Sango somehow managed to start speaking in-between her sobbing, asking her brother, "I thought you were dead! How- how did you survive that injury, I thought you were-"
"-Dead? Well, yes that's because he was dead." A voice that was obviously none of theirs interrupted. All three turned around & saw a man with long hair in a lab coat grinning slyly. "The reason he's here now is that he's a clone, Miss Takahashi."
Sango let go of her brother & looked at the man. "Excuse me? Who the hell are you do you think you are?"
The scientist chuckled in a way that made everyone's blood run cold. "I am Doctor Onigumo Naraku, the head scientist in this laboratory. I helped recreate Kohaku."
"Well then, tell us how you did it, Doctor Naraku, & it better be valid!" The still incredulous Sango told Dr. Naraku.
"It was very easy, actually: we simply removed the nucleus out of one his body cells & inserted it into a human egg, removing the DNA & nucleus. We then transferred it into a huge glass tube until he got to the way he currently was; it took at least nine months." Dr. Naraku explained.
Miroku commented, "Interesting… that's similar to how a litter of pigs was cloned in 2000."
"You're correct on that Mister, it was the same company who created the first cloned adult mammal, Dolly the sheep."
"How did you know that?" Sango whispered to Miroku, who replied "I read it in a science journal in your parent's bedroom. I thought you knew that- it was also even in the 2002 edition of Guinness World Records."
In-between this small conversation, Doctor Naraku started examining Kohaku to make sure he was healthy. After all, most clones were failures & tended to die early in development; it was a miracle if one was even conceived. Upon recording the boy's statistics (which showed he was alright) on a piece of paper on his clipboard, he started to examine Sango, who was not exactly expecting or even comfortable with someone touching her at the moment.
While the fact she screamed and slapped for touching her was obvious in that situation, the part that she stood up from her wheelchair was viewed as, in some ways, a medical miracle.
The nurse wrote this down in the Doctor's clipboard as he pulled Miroku aside and told him and then the nurse that Sango was apparently healthy enough to go back home.
Despite the fact he was glad Sango was considered able enough to go home, Miroku was still a little worried. "Doctor, isn't this a little too soon? After all, it could've just been just an adrenaline surge and-"
The doctor did not like this since he interrupted with "Look, Mister Masaya, I'm the doctor, and I feel she's well enough to leave, go home & start over again."
"Then what about Kohaku? Are you intending on keeping him cooped up here for the rest of his life? I believe he deserves to go home with Sango, too, especially since it's been a long time since they've seen each other, clone or not."
Doctor Naraku thought about this for a moment. He eventually answered with, "Fine, you can bring him along home with his sister on one condition: You keep track of his health. This is the first time in medical history that five human beings-"
"What do you mean, five? I only see one cloned person in this lab and that is Kohaku! Who else has been cloned then?" Miroku interrupted.
"Like I was saying," the doctor continued without answering the man's question, "He's one of the first successfully cloned humans. If something happens, I'm taking you responsibility. Deal?"
"Answer my question! Who are the other cl-" Miroku continued asking until he noticed Sango was looking his way with her brown eyes; he changed the subject and replied the doctor's question by sighing & then replying "Deal."
The two men shook hands & Doctor Naraku called for another (this time discontented) nurse named Kagura to give him some papers which would be kept on record before Miroku left the hospital with Sango & Kohaku accompanying him in a subway car.
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As they were traveling station & station until they at the station closest to the Takahashi sibling's residence, the only thing Miroku could think of was about what the doctor meant when he stated there were five successful human clonings…
End of Chapter Two
A/N: I'm not sure if this would count as a cliffy… I would like to thank Satsu-Death's messanger for being my only reviewer, since apparently he liked it & hoped I would come back soon. Thank you! (Throws you toast as a thank you) Well, I hoped you liked it more than the first chapter, & please review before you go on to do whatever you please.
Ja Ne!
Kate-chan 91
PS- The next chapter will be about Sango, Kohaku & Miroku being inside the home together for the first time in more than ten months. Yes, it'll be better than it sounds… I hope.