Hii!! so there's quite a lot that happens in this chapter... I hope I didn't speed it up too much . Oh well. Enjoy!
oh yeah, the ** means there is an explanation of that sentence at the bottom of the chapter.
CHAPTER 2
"Mommy, what are these?" Asked Akeela, holding up a small pair of jeans and a t-shirt. They were standing in their little house, it was the day that they would be going to the future. Hopefully to cure Yuki. Gin had thought of grabbing the clothes that the people in the future wore, so they wouldn't stick out.
Yuki slowly pulled off the clothes Akeela had on and helped her put on the jeans, "We are going to a far off place, Akeela. It is far different from this place," She explained in a soft, gentle voice as she helped her daughter with the strange pants.
"It feels funny."
Yuki smiled, "It will only be for a little bit Akeela, don't worry."
At that moment, Gin walked into the room.
"Daddy!" Akeela shouted gleefully as she ran into her fathers arms. "These clothes feel very strange." She said as her bottom lip puckered out a little bit.
Her father smiled a little bit, "It is alright Akeela, it is for your mothers sake."
Akeela immediately shook the frown off of her face, "If it's for mama I'll do it!" She said determinedly.
Yuki and Gin smiled at each other over her head. "It's time to go."
Ten minutes later they arrived at the monster well. It was a well where the villagers threw dead bodies of demons in.
Gin grabbed hold of Yuki's hand, and dropped a purple looking shard into her hand.
"It is the only piece of the Shikon Jewel in this world**, it is the only way to get into that world, and back. Hold it, along with Akeela's hand. Otherwise you will only land into the bottom of the well." He gently closed Yuki's hand and hugged her close, Akeela in the middle. "I love you both, so very much."
Yuki stood on the edge of the well holding Akeela close.
"I love you... please, be careful."
"Bye bye daddy! See you soon, I looove you!" Akeela said sweetly, blowing him a kiss.
The man, struggling against the tears that threatened to overflow, smiled and 'caught' the kiss.
"I love you too."
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"Mama, what are all those weird lights?!" Akeela asked fearfully, clenching onto her mother even tighter. It seemed like they were floating, and there were different colors and sparkly things floating around.
"Oh, look mama! It's sparkly!!" Akeela exclaimed with a giggle, her previous fear forgotten. She liked sparkly things.
"Oh, don't touch!" Yuki said quickly, holding her close. She didn't know what all of those weird colors dancing around were. Hallucinations maybe?
In a few seconds, her feet settled on something hard, and the colors faded away. Revealing an old well.
This must be it... Yuki said to herself, and noticing a ladder, climbed up.
Stepping outside of the well and small building, she found herself in a... courtyard. It all looked very different.
"It is exactly the same, but the tree's are gone and there are more buildings. But that well is still the same well." Gin handed her a piece of paper, it had instructions of where to go. "The doctor will meet you there, you'll be safe." He assured her.
Yuki took the paper out of her pocket and quickly started walking towards the exit of the courtyard.
Akeela and herself were wearing the modern day clothing, so they would blend in, but Yuki still felt uneasy and unsure. So many noises! and such strange, tall buildings and noisy, smelly objects that rumbled down streets with people inside them**.
She finally found the address for where the doctor was and walked in. Yuki walked to the front desk where a very professional looking woman was sitting.
"Umm... I'm looking for a Doc. Yuri."
The woman looked her up and down, than glanced down at the child. Of course, her tail was hidden by a long coat, and her ears were covered by a hat. Her paws were in gloves and she had shoes on her feet.
"Ah yes, he has been expecting you. Follow me." She said in a bored tone, but she looked curious.
Since when does Doctor Yuri actually... help willingly? She wondered to herself.
The clerk opened the door and ushered them in, after they stepped through she closed to the door and left them alone.
It was a light room, even though the blinds were pulled down because of the sun. There was a large bookshelf on one side of the room, with a desk in front of the window with papers neatly stacked on it. Behind the desk was a man sitting in a chair. He had an unshaven face, brown wavy hair, and a gruff looking face. On top of all that, he wore a weird white overcoat.
"Ahh, you must be Yuki." He said in a deep, gruff voice and stood up, beckoning for them to take a seat. "I am Doc. Yuri, I... realize your condition perfectly, and am willing to help you in whichever way I can."
Yuki nodded as she slowly sat down in the seat, setting Akeela down on her lap.
"Now, to get straight to the point. What is your case exactly?" He asked, leaning forward as he sat back down.
She hesitated a little bit, something wasn't quite right with this man. They come out of the past, and yet... he doesn't find that very strange?
"Um, well, I get a fever sometimes, and... I cough up blood." She offered lamely.
"Hmmm... that is sounding like one of the cases that is getting to be rather regular, ."
Yuki leaned foward, "What is that?"
The doctor fell back in his seat a bit, waving his hand to shake off her question, "It's called tublersclosis. But first, do you spend much time around your daughter?" He asked subtly.
Yuki felt taken aback, "Every day, all day."
He nodded, "What kind of... animal, is she?" He asked, almost embarresed to ask the question.
Yuki's eyes narrowed, making the doctor flinch. "She is not an animal, Doctor," She said in an icy tone, "She is a human being."
Yuri cleared his throat, "O-of course, I am sorry. What other kind of genes does she have running through her?"
"Wolf."
The doc made another grunt, rubbing his hand along his prickly chin, "I should inspect her. Make sure nothing is on her that might affect you."
Yuki tensed up at this a little bit, "Is that necessary?""
Yuri gave a short nod, than looked at the little girl. "Do you mind? It will help your mama a lot." He said in a cutesy voice.
Yuki grimaced, since he said that, of course she would.
Akeela brought her attention from the closet beside the bookcase to the doctor, "Sure!"
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Hat off. Coat off. Shoes off. Gloves off.
Ears exposed. Tail exposed. Paws exposed. Fangs exposed.
Doctor Yuri gave a low whistle, "Very interesting." He muttered as he inspected each inch of her wolfy parts. Every now and then he would say something about her ears or tail rather loudly, making Yuki wonder.
Yuri stood up and cleared his throat, "Well, is there anything else, powers, sensitivity?"
Yuki raised her brow, What does that have too do with helping me?
"Sensitive nose, hearing, eye sight, she can run on all fours better than humans, can eat steaks very well." (Yuki found this halarious, as an inside joke. Akeela loved to eat steaks because her fangs helped rip it apart so much easier)
Yuri than muttered all of those slower and louder. Yuki was starting to find that annoying.
"All right, well..." The doctor hesitated, almost not knowing how to start, "This doesn't have anything to do with your case, but, how did you get to our time so I could help you?" He asked, changing his voice to a very gentle, soft spoken sound.
Yuki didn't answer for a moment, There must be more than one well in this strange village, so it will be okay. He will not be able to track it down. "Going through a well, it was in a strange building. It had a nice courtyard out of it, there was a big tree close to it. It was very pretty." Yuki started saying, then regretted it. Oops... too much information...
"Oh I see, that's very interesting." Said Yuri, basically brushing off her anser, "Well, Yuki, I'll take you into the examination room. I can start treatment right away. But your daughter will have to stay out of the room."
The mother stood very straight, holding Akeela closely. "Why?" She asked in a very don't-mess-with-me voice.
The doctor took a small step back, "She may be affecting(infecting) you, so when we start treatment she shouldn't be around you. Otherwise the treatment won't work. She'll only be a few rooms down."
Akeela, fully grasping the conversation looked up at her mother, "It'll be okay mama. You get better."
After a little prodding, a hug and cooes to each other, a nurse finally led Yuki into an examination room a few doors down. Akeela stood in the middle of the room, wondering what to do. A few seconds passed, and the closet door swung open. A young boy stepped out, around thirteen years of age, holding a clipboard.
The doctor than walked into the room, "You jot everything thing down, boy?" He asked rudely, snatching the clipboard out of his hands.
The boy bowed a little bit, "Y-yes sir, everything."
"Good, good..." He muttered, flipping through the boys notes, "Go grab another nurse, we'll need to deal with this monster. As for the mother, the treatments that we are using on her are experimental. Her case, tublercocis, still han't been solved completely. These drugs will either cure her, or kill her. Doesn't matter either way, she'll more'n likely die, but we can see what the drugs did to her afterwards. And besides, we know how she got into this modern time, we can investigate it. We don't need her anymore."
Akeela did not show her emotions, pretending she had no idea what was going on.
Mama... going to die..?
Right from the beggining, she hadn't liked this man. And she had thought that she had smelt a human in the closet. Even though she was only five, she was rather smart.
"Come on, little girl." Said a nurse who had entered the room.
"Akeela."
The nurse looked down, "Right... Akeela." She was led down hallways, down elevators and through a dark passage that then led into a brightly lit corridior. It didn't seem like it was connected to the actual hospital at all.
Rapid beeping sounds were heard, along with rapid gasps, nurses shouting at each other.
The nurse hurried Akeela along, almost jogging to the scary sounds.
Opening a door, the nurse hurried in. "Whats going on?!" She demanded.
"Experiment 287 is going insane! Everything, everything is starting to not work, she's seizing, coughing up blood..............."
The voices started to fade into the background, all Akeela saw was the patient lying on the bed, struggling for her breath and making weird movements with her body.
It was her mother.
Yuki saw a blurred figure standing in the doorway, immediately knowing it as Akeela.
Not.....much......time......lef...t...
"Run...Akeela.......away...trust...no...human......." Yuki stuttered, struggling to pull out the jewel shard out of her pocket, and with the last ounce of her strength, threw it at Akeela who caught it with ease.
"Remember... .what daddy...said..."
Tears were starting to pool down Akeela's face, "But..mama...you.."
"Run....Akeela....I...love...you...." Yuki gasped out as she coughed and started seizing again.
Akeela's face puckered up, and she let the tears stream down her face freely. Mouthing 'I love you" back, she fell onto her front and back paws, turned and ran down the hallway back out of the white corridior.
As she ran, her sensitive hearing picked out the sound of a sustained beep.
~Authors Note~
I hope I didn't make you guys cry.... :( Poor Yuki...
(**)-Okay, so the big smelly noisy things with people inside them are vehicles, if you didn't figure it out lol.
(**)-As for the jewel shard, it actually hasn't been "destroyed" yet. So I decided that the Jewel Shard had one extra piece on it, it had the ball (the full shikon jewel), and a base. Which was another piece of the Shikon Jewel. And... for some reason or another, when Kikyo destroyed herself and the jewel, there was still that one piece. which Gin somehow got. ehheh... anyway, I had to do that because the only way to get through the well into the modern age (vice versa) you needed the jewel (i think, we'll just say that lol). so yeah...
Anyway, i hope you enjoyed the chapter!! please review and tell me your thoughts and I'll update faster!!
~Angel~