The Missing Sailor

Chapter 48

Everyone was sitting by Emma's bed when they got to the hospital. Her parents showed up, and Josh was awake.

" She's healing..." the doctor said. " She should be dead, but, she's fighting it and winning. When she was stabbed, it didn't hit any major organs, but she lost a lot of blood. We need to do a transfusion."

" Josh is the only one in our family who shares her blood type." Beth said.

" Doc, pull out the blood taker thingy." Josh said. He was starting to get his sense of humor back, thanks to the pain medication they were drugging him up with.

" We can't use him. He's in no shape to give blood." The doctor replied. " What's her blood type"

" She's type O positive..." Hotaka said.

" Rini's O positive.." Serena said. Rini looked up.

" What?" Rini asked looking up.

" Emma, needs blood, and you're the same blood type." Darien said.

" Okay." Rini said getting up. " Let's go." Rini followed the doctor out of the room.

" Sam...how did this happen?" Beth asked. Sam had his head in his hands beside Emma's bed. Everyone was quiet. " Sam.."

" Mom.." Josh said. " Just leave him alone."

" But-." Beth started.

" Bethany." Hotaka said. " Leave it be. Emma's going to be fine. Just leave it be."

" Okay.." Beth said reluctantly.

" Hotaka!" Kenji came running in.

" DAD!" Serena ran over and hugged him.

" Serena. Are you okay?" Kenji kissed are forehead.

" I'm fine dad...But, Emma's not so good." Serena said.

" What happened at school?" Kenji asked.

" There was an attack. Emma was attacked. She lost a lot of blood, she needs a transfusion and Rini's the only match." Serena said still hugging him. " Her left leg is broken."

" Are you okay Sam?" Kenji asked.

" I'm fine." Sam said. " Fine for a guy who just witnessed his girlfriend get stabbed in the gut, and not knowing if she's going to live." he said not moving.

" Sam, shut up...I'm breathing aren't I?" Emma groaned.

" Emma!" Sam jumped up. " You're okay!"

" I'm fine for a girl who just got stabbed in the gut." Emma coughed. " What's the damage?"

" 20 stitches on your stomach, and a broken leg." Darien said.

" 20 stitches? Yikes." Emma smiled. Sam kissed her forehead.

" Amara told you not to go." Sam whispered in her ear.

" Did you really think I was going to listen?" Emma asked in the same hushed tone. Sam smirked and kissed her.

" Don't you ever do something like that again." Sam warned.

" I'm taking a rather long break from all other activities." Emma said. " God, my stomach kills."

" I can imagine." Sam said grimly.

" How's Josh?"

" You could stand to lose some weight." Josh called over from the other side of the room.

" If I could, I'd throw something at you after I just about hug you to death." Emma smiled.

" How are you feeling?" Beth asked.

" Drowsy...what kinda drugs did they give me?"

" Some standard pain killers." Ami said. " Are you in pain?"

" My leg is numb, but my stomach is kind of sore." Emma said.

" Okay. You need a blood transfusion. You lost a lot of blood." Sam said.

" Yeah..." Emma said. " But, Josh is the only match in the family, and I don't think he's in any shape to give blood."

" Rini's donating blood." Serena said. Emma frowned.

" There's no one else?" Emma asked.

" We don't know. But we don't have the time to check." Amara said.

" Emma, what's going on between you and Rini?" Josh asked.

" I don't want to go into it." Emma said.

" It's a long story that none of us want to go into." Serena said. The parents decided to leave it at that.

" Okay, We have some vampire juice for Miss Hanzo.." The doctor came in with a pint of blood. " OH..your awake. Welcome to the land of the living." he joked. Emma saw Rini there and turned away.

" Let's hook me up." Emma said leaning back.

" Okay, Emma, you're going to feel very tired once this is done, but you will feel a lot better than you're feeling now." the doctor said.

" Thanks." Emma said. She winced as they attached the blood to her IV. But everyone noticed the color immediately return to her face.

" Guys, I think Rini should talk to Emma alone." Beth said noticing the tension.

" Hey! I don't want to listen to them! come on!" Josh whined.

" too bad. You'll at least keep them from killing each other." Beth said.

" Didn't stop them before..." Josh muttered under his breath. Emma sent him death glares from across the room. Once everyone left, there was a long silence.

" I'm sorry." Rini said minutes later. " I'm sorry I got so jealous."

" Why didn't you tell me how you felt?" Emma asked her. " Why didn't you tell me, you felt left out, that you were having so many problems?"

" I don't know." Rini said.

" I didn't either. You are supposed to tell me when you feel this way. Most of the stuff that happened, you never even mentioned to me. Like, losing Luna, or the fight with Katsuro. You never let me know about this!"

" I don't know. I was trying to keep quiet about it, because I knew you were freaking out about Monoka." Rini said. " I guess I was also mad that you were keeping in contact with Hoshiko...and I haven't..."

" Rini...Hoshiko will see you again!. I promise you. But we had to kill Monoka first. If you had actually killed me..do you think Hoshiko would have come back to you?" Emma asked.

" Okay...who's Hoshiko?" Josh asked.

" Mine and Sam's future daughter. Rini's from the future." Emma said. " The future Serena sent her into the past to become a sailor senshi. Serena is technically Rini's mom. Hoshiko was Rini's best friend slash cousin. She died three and a half years ago. When Rini was ten. Hoshiko died after the future me and Sam died...but after today, I prevented that from ever happening."

" Okay...you are going to explain that all to me tonight, got it?" Josh pointed to her.

" Of course." Emma smirked.

" Emma, I don't know why I went to Monoka." Rini said.

" Monoka feeds off jealousy. She used your jealousy to control you." Emma said.

" That makes sense." Rini said. " But aren't you mad at me?"

" Of course I am." Emma said. " You betrayed the senshi. You betrayed me, and most of all, you betrayed Hoshiko." Emma said. " You didn't tell me what was going on. You got mad at me when I tried to explain things. If I hadn't cast the spell when I did, you'd have most definitely killed me, because Monoka would still be alive. She would have killed Sam, and Serena and the whole Senshi, then move onto our families. You're future would be gone as well."

" I wasn't thinking straight." Rini said.

" You pushed me off a building!" Emma almost yelled.

" You did that?" Josh asked Rini angrily. Rini nodded.

" I'm sorry." Rini said.

" I know you are." Emma said. " Next time, talk to me. Don't hold back."

" Someone told me, before I came here, that you would be the best friend I would ever have next to Hoshiko. I can't believe I forgot that until now." Rini said hugging Emma.

" Thank you." Emma said. Then she hissed in pain. " ow ow ow."

" Are you okay?" Rini and Josh asked.

" I think I need to lay off the hugging for now..." Emma winced. " At least until the stitches out." Rini smiled. She knew that things were okay now. She had a wonderful friend...slash future sister in-law slash aunt.

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A.N: see. Everyone turned out okay! one more chapter and then the epilogue people!