Chapter Thirteen
Kasei and Takara
Disclaimer: If I owned InuYasha, I wouldn't be writing, I'd be reading
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Kagome sat in the waiting room, a sleeping Takara beside her, using one of the small pillows that were found around the room. She had phoned her mother but that had been hours ago, around late lunch, early dinner. Now, it was dark out and the only natural light was the moon.
Sighing, she leaned back, resting her head against the wall, closing her eyes and willing herself not to start crying again. Squeezing her eyes shut, she eventually opened them again and looked at Takara. At least it had been slightly easier on her daughter, she guessed. She wasn't really sure what was happening and she didn't know where they were going or why there was a man shouting at the other man. Kagome sighed again, gently smoothing back her daughter's hair.
Turning to the doorway, she saw her mom, grandpa and Souta. Kagome stood and was instantly enveloped in her mother's arms and finally, she couldn't hold her tears back anymore. Clutching at her mother's shirt, she sobbed even harder than she had sobbed when she found out that the well wasn't working and she couldn't return to her Sesshomaru. Her mother just rocked her daughter a little, stroking her hair and humming, whispering reassuring words.
When Kagome had finally stopped crying, she was sitting next to her mother still and looked over when her mother gave her hand a squeeze. Kagome forced a smile and looked back to Takara who was stirring from her sleep. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and yawned, showing her fangs.
"Grandma? Mom?" Kagome smiled a little, taking the child into her arms.
"Hey, you. Did you have a good sleep?" The girl nodded her head a little and finally spoke what was troubling her.
"Is Kasei going to be okay?" Everyone looked at each other and Kagome's mom answered it for her. Crouching down in front of the young girl, she gave her a cheery smile.
"I'm sure he's going to be find. You're strong and he's strong." Takara nodded a little and looked up to see a strange man with green clothes on. What was it with this world and people wearing strange clothes?
"Kagome Higurashi?" Kagome nodded and handed Takara to her mother, walking over to the doctor.
"Your son has suffered many fractures and has a concussion. There was some internal bleeding but thank fully nothing too serious. We would like to keep him in the intensive care unit until morning." Kagome nodded a little.
"Of course. Can we go see him?" The doctor nodded, giving her the directions. She was thankful that he didn't mention the dog-ears and the fangs. Once he left, Kagome went back to the group and picked her daughter up.
"They said that he should be fine but they're going to keep a good eye on him during the night. They say that if he's better in the morning then they'll move him out of the ICU." Her mother nodded a little.
"You go ahead and see him. We'll go down to the cafeteria and grab something to eat." Kagome nodded and walked to his room.
Opening the door, she could see him hooked up to all kinds of machines and there were various things attached to him. One of his wrists was in the plastic splint or a brace, she couldn't tell which and there was a cast on one of his legs. There was also a bandage around his other hand and his silver hair was matted with dry blood. One of his ears also had a bandage on it; some blood slowly seeping through to became barely visible underneath the bandage.
Kagome's breath caught and she pulled a chair up to his bedside. The sight of him this way made her hurt. She gently took the hand that was closest to them which, thankfully, wasn't the one with the brace thing on it. A small whimper drifted to Kagome's ears and her eyes filled up with tears and she lightly kissed his hand, rubbing it a little.
"Hey baby, I'm here now. You're going to be alright." Takara's ears went down and she crawled up onto her brother's bed, looking at him. He looked really bad …
Slowly, she lay down and Kagome gently rubbed one of her ears the way she liked it.
A while later, Kasei still hadn't woken up and Takara had fallen asleep next to her brother, the beeping sound slowly lulling her to sleep. Kagome sighed a little, sitting back in the chair and looking at the clock that read three a.m.
Kagome's mom came into the room and smiled a little, putting a blanket around Kagome's shoulders. "It's probably not as bad as it looks." Kagome nodded a little, rising.
"Can you watch them for a minute? I want to go get some coffee and something to eat."
The other woman smiled. "Of course."
Kagome smiled back, feeling a little better for the first time in days. "Thanks mom."
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Kagome made herself her twelfth cup of coffee in just that hour. It was the only thing that calmed her nerves right then and it was the only thing that was keeping her awake since it was now going on four in the morning and any sane person would be sleeping by now.
Kasei had woken up around three-thirty and was alert for about ten minutes before loosing the battle against the medication that kept most of the pain at bay. The doctor informed her that it was a good thing that he had woken up because now they had ruled out any possibility of brain damage or a coma.
Sighing, she wrapped her hands around her coffee and looked out the picture windows at the city below them. It would certainly take some getting used to again, seeing all these lights and the people and the high-tech things and ways of life.
Souta came up beside her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Kasei's up again and he's asking for you." Kagome nodded and smiled at her brother.
"Thanks, Souta." He smiled at her and gave her a hug.
"We're family and family sticks together." Kagome smiled at him and nodded.
"Yes … they do …"
Walking into her son's room, he was growling at the nurses that wanted to check his heart rate or something. Kagome sighed a little.
"Kasei." His ears perked up and he ignored the pain that the action caused him and his chocolate brown eyes rested on his mother.
"Mom!" Kagome smiled a little, walking up to his bedside.
"Lay back at let the nurses do their job, Kasei." He sulked a little but sighed, laying back and letting them change his bandages, only to find that his wounds were nothing but mere scratches. Kagome noticed this and a wave of relief washed over her when she remembered the healing rates of hanyous and youkai. They were always faster healers than humans.
The doctor came in and looked at Kasei with a little amazement. "Well, you seem to be the fasted healer this hospital has ever seen. I daresay that we could probably discharge you tomorrow sometime." By this time, Takara had woken up and she looked into her brother's eyes and he looked into hers and they both made disgusted faces. They had no idea what 'discharged' meant but it didn't sound very pleasing!
Kagome smiled when she saw this. "That means that you'll probably be able to come home sometime tomorrow." The twin's eyes lit up and they celebrated.
The doctor shook his head a little and left the room along with the nurses. The nurses came back a few minutes later and pulled out a small bed with a pillow and a blanket on it.
"You can stay in here tonight." One of them said with a smile. Kagome saw this and then looked to them and smiled gratefully.
"Thank you so much." They bowed politely and left the room. Kagome let out a yawn and climbed onto the bed. Oh how she had wanted to feel this all day today.
"Mom?" Kagome looked at her daughter's face and smiled.
"Yes, you can sleep with Kasei if you want." A smile came to the girl's face and she instantly cuddled with her brother who cuddled back. Kagome waited until they were asleep before letting herself fall asleep as well.
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Kagome woke up to voices talking and opened her eyes, seeing her twins talking about something and looking at her. Giving a yawn, Kagome slowly sat up, rubbing her eyes and stretching. It was about nine in the morning and Kagome groaned silently. She had only gotten about four and a half hours of sleep but she was still grateful that Kasei looked so much better and he was wiggling his toes that were sticking out of the cast for his sister, indicating that his leg probably wasn't broken anymore.
Takara giggled a little bit and looked up at him. "Does it hurt, Kasei?" He shook his head.
"Nah. Nothing hurts right now except for this bandage." He reached up and pulled the bandage off his ear, wincing a little as it pulled some of the fur with it. But he wiggled it and there was nothing there, not even a scratch. Kagome smiled a little and looked up when there was a breakfast tray that was rolled into the room.
Kasei's eyes went large and the smell of foods wafted to his sensitive nose. "Wow! I get to have that?" The nurse laughed a little, taking a tray on wheels and placing his food tray on it. There was bacon and scrambled eggs and toast and hash browns and his choice of orange or apple juice. There was also jell-o for dessert.
Kagome laughed a little, standing up. "What do you say, Kasei?"
"Thank you!" He chirped happily at the nurse who smiled and looked to Kagome and laughed a little.
"It looks like you've seen better nights." Kagome smiled and nodded, feeling her spirits being lifted by just being with this woman.
"Your children are absolutely adorable and very charming." Kagome smiled again, laughing lightly at Kasei who was entertaining his sister with balancing acts.
"Thank you." The woman looked at her watch and gave Kagome another smile.
"Well, I have to get going otherwise there will be some hungry patients around here!" Kagome waved a little when she waved from the doorway and stretched.
"Are you hungry, Takara?" The girl looked up at her and nodded. Kagome smiled a little.
"Alright, you stay with Kasei and I'll go and get us some breakfast."
"Okay, Mom!"
Kagome left the room and wandered down to the cafeteria to find a very good breakfast banquet going on. Grabbing two plates, she began picking things and placing them on and then took a tea for herself and an apple juice for Takara.
Once it was paid for, Kagome took it upstairs and handed a plate and the juice to Takara who happily munched away. Kagome smiled and began feeling better once she got some food into her system.
Kasei looked up from his meal to see the doctor and blinked at his clothes. This one only the second time he'd seen the doctor while fully conscious and he was just noticing his weird clothes. He seemed friendly enough, though.
"Well, good morning, Kasei. How are you feeling this morning?"
"Great! Can I go home now?" The doctor laughed a little.
"In a little while. How is your leg doing?" Kasei blinked a little.
"Fine. See, I can wiggle my toes!" The doctor raised a brow.
"Really? Does it hurt when you move it?" Kasei shook his head and then the doctor got out a pocketknife and cut through the cast, eventually pulling it off.
"I can't be for certain until some x-rays are taken but it defiantly doesn't look or feel broken." All the while the doctor was probing his leg, Kasei just sat there, a slight look of confusion on his face but no pain at all. Kagome smiled a little, nodding.
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Finally, Kagome was home, her home away from home anyways. She was giving the twins a bath and she agreed to let them play a little while she went and fixed lunch for everyone except Souta since he was in school.
She was again, thankful for the rapid healing time of hanyous and youkai. Since she had been in the feudal era for so long, the twins didn't have medical plans or anything like that and hospitals were a bit expensive so she was again glad that they healed much faster than humans. With injuries like he had, he could have been in the hospital for weeks if he wasn't a half demon.
She walked back into the bathroom and smiled, crossing her arms and grabbing two towels. "Alright you two, hop on out."
They complained a little but Kasei stood up and Kagome scooped him up in a towel, furiously drying his silver hair, making him giggle a little. She set him down with the towel wrapped around him and grabbed Takara before she could get away.
The girl squealed happily, laughing as her mother dried her body and then her hair. Finally, Kagome picked up Kasei and walked to their temporary bedroom and dumped them on the bed in a fit of giggles and began attacking their sides with her fingers, knowing that they were both ticklish.
After a tickling fest, they were dressed and heading out for lunch. Later that day, Kagome watched them play outside. After yesterday, she wasn't taking any chances and was determined to keep them close and out of danger.
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A/N: Well … now you all know what happens to Kasei! He's okay, folks!
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