Ch.7 - To love, or not to love, that is the question

All 3 demons let out yelps, as they are shocked. When the light clears the demons are pinned to the wall by their hands and feet by what appear to be spirit cuffs but made of holy powers. The demoness has a blue covering on her horns. "Damn it." She resigns. "She remembered about my horns."

"That was a lot for someone still in recovery." Daihoushi muses. "She knocked out Rai." A loud buzzer goes off. The 2 conscious demons look over to Kagome to find her unconscious and the machines Koenma has her hooked up to going haywire.

"KOENMA!!!" The demoness yells.

The toddler immediately appears. "What!!?!!" He's immediately over by Kagome pressing buttons with one hand while surrounding her with his power with the other hand. "What the hell happened!?!"

"She woke up and got pissed off." The demoness states. "Why else would I be stuck on this wall?"

"Raihoushi did it." Daihoushi defends.

"I've gotta take her to my father!!!" Koenma quickly unhooks Kagome from all of the machines. He carefully picks her up and they disappear.

(That afternoon)

Youko walks into the hospital room. "Kagome?" He looks around to find the miko gone and 3 demons attached to the wall. "Where is she?" He questions them.

"Koenma has her." The demoness states.

"Why? Is she ok? What happened?" Youko is immediately concerned. "Where did he take her?"

"Calm down love bird. She became a bit unstable this morning and Koenma had to bring her to King Yuma before she died. I'm sure he'll be back sometime soon. If you could pull us down off the wall that would be nice."

"Why are you up there?"

"… That's not important just get me down damn it!"

"We don't need his help." Daihoushi speaks up. "I can try and break through this and then get you out."

"You'll be fried. And knowing it was Kagome that put us up here, I doubt you'll be able to move. But hey, if you want to electrocute yourself go right ahead, it'll just be live entertainment for me."

"You take the fun out of everything Shita."

"What happened?" Raihoushi looks around.

"Kags did." The demoness now known as Shita states.

"Oh yeah… we kind of woke her up… where'd she go?"

Shita sighs. "Koenma has her. Must I keep repeating myself?"

"Do you know where King Yama is?" Youko asks hopefully.

"I might tell you if you get me down from here."

"I can only help you if you give me the information I seek."

"Unless I'm off this wall I will tell you nothing. I'm not stupid Youko."

"I didn't think you were. Well I guess I'll just go to Koenma's office. Later." Youko walks off.

(Late afternoon/Early evening)

Koenma brings an unconscious Kagome back to her hospital room. He lays her on the bed but doesn't reattach wires. Instead he surrounds her with his power for a few minutes before turning and swiping the demons off the wall. "The three of you can leave now."

"Finally." Shita fades into the air.

"Time to go." Daihoushi walks out the door.

"Will she be awake tomorrow?" Raihoushi asks.

"Maybe. You can come back to see her tomorrow afternoon if you'd like." Koenma answers.

"Ok!" Raihoushi runs off after his brother. "Dai wait for me!"

Youko walks in. "Is Kagome alright?"

"She is trying to fix her eyesight instead of healing completely first. And she knows that it'll take longer for her to heal that way."

"Then why doesn't she heal first and deal with her eyesight later?"

Because if she fully heals then her eyesight will be stuck and she might not be able to see normally ever again. My Father and I could possibly come up with something to help her, but she doesn't hold much faith in that. She would rather try to take care of it now for her own reasons."

"And they are?"

"They are her reasons. If you want to hear then you'll have to ask her."

"When will she regain consciousness?"

"Soon."

"Can I take her outside?"

"… Why?"

"She asked yesterday and I told her to wait till today."

"… Very Well. But she is not to step foot on the ground. Knowing you, you shouldn't have a problem with that. I'll be back in here tomorrow to check on her." Koenma leaves the room and goes back to his office.

Youko carefully picks up the unconscious Kagome and heads outside. After several minutes Kagome starts to stir and slowly opens her eyes. "Feeling better?"

"Youko?" She carefully reaches a hand up to him. He takes her hand and lays it on his shoulder.

"I am here." He holds her closer as they sit under a sakura tree in a garden. "How are you feeling?"

"… Kind of weak, tired… I feel quite sleepy."

"Well you can go back to sleep later."

"Where are we?"

"Exactly where you wanted to be. Outside." He watches her eyes as the white slowly fades away so that only their natural brown coloring is left. She slowly looks around. Without warning she attacks him with a hug, catching him off guard and knocking him over.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" She hugs him.

"You're welcome." Youko laughs. –I love this.- "You definitely must be feeling better." –I wonder what King Yama did…-

"Besides being a bit tired… I'm doing quite well at the moment. You?" Kagome looks up at him curiously.

"I'm doing wonderful." Youko smiles.

"How was your day today?"

"School was lonely without you… But I'm not so lonely anymore, now that I've got you." He picks her up, holds her in his lap and nuzzles her, making her laugh. "At least for now."

"You're silly."

"I'm silly? Me? The Legendary Fox Thief is silly?"

"Yes."

"Well so are you. I've never been hug-attacked before. Or met with such a happy face."

"You've never had a girlfriend hug you?"

"I haven't thought of sharing my life with someone else since 500 years ago."

"You've been alone for 500 years!?!"

"I'm waiting for someone special."

"500 years is a long time to wait."

"I know. But it'll be worth it in the end."

"You really think so?" She becomes curious.

"Definitely." He smiles at her curiosity.

"Any idea who this person is?" Kagome questions.

"Yes. I met her once before, a long time ago."

"You haven't seen her since then?"

"I've caught a glimpse of the girl I spent an afternoon with before. I'm hoping to spend more time with her and I'm hoping she has feelings for me like I do for her."

"Can I meet her?"

"You already have, silly." He nuzzles her again, making her laugh again. "She's you."

Kagome hugs him. "You really waited 500 years?"

"I did. And if you want some time I'll wait a bit longer." He pulls out the ring she gave him after the first time they met. "Whatever you want, I will stand by your decision."