Chapter 2- Sayuri
"I called for the ambulance." Yuri heard Robin say. She was vaguely aware that Barney had carried her to the sofa. She was so embarrassed about passing out. She had been so excited to meet her father, but when he had actually been there standing in front of her, she had been so nervous she had passed out. She tried to open her eyes knowing that she was worrying them more with every moment. Finally after several tries her blue eyes fluttered open. Barney was there looking down at her. He looked relieved.
"I think she's awake." He said.
"I'm okay." Yuri managed her head was still swimming and she was suddenly very thirsty. She was relieved when Robin brought her glass of water, she drank it all in one quick gulp.
"You hit your head pretty hard." Barney said. She noticed her ears were ringing. "Can I call your parents for you sweetie?"
"No." She said abruptly. She had not wanted to tell him this way. She was about to get out the words when 2 paramedics walked through the door. Robin ushered them to Yuri's side.
"She fainted and when she fell she hit her head." Barney explained. He sounded very worried. "She still seems really disoriented. We have no idea who she is. Thanks for getting here so quickly."
"What's your name honey?" One of the paramedics asked as he shined a light into her eyes. It was blinding and she wanted him to stop.
"Sayuri Morton." She answered, trying to prove that she was not as out of it as they all thought. As she tried to sit up, she realized she was worse off then she thought. She shouldn't have given them her real name. Now they would send her back to Chicago. She needed to tell Barney before they did that. She looked at Barney and Robin, who were both still very confused. Her Hello Kitty bag was still in the hall by the door. "Sorry I scared everyone."
"That's okay." Robin said awkwardly trying to comfort her. Yuri could tell Robin had never really been around kids.
"I'm normally more responsible then that." Yuri explained
"I let you in downstairs. Do you live in this building?" Robin asked here eyes fixed on Yuri.
"No." Sayuri said, but she didn't elaborate anymore. The paramedics were checking her over even more now.
"Can you give us your parents number sweetie, we need to call them and let them know we are going to take you to the hospital for some tests." The paramedic explained. "You probably have a concussion."
"I don't have parents." Yuri said. She felt the tears start to come again. The paramedics looked at each other strangely but said nothing. She decided she had better get it out there now. "I ran away from a foster home in Chicago, they are probably looking for me. I didn't have anywhere else to go. So I came here."
"Call Child protective services" The paramedic said. Sayuri panicked. Robin and Barney were both staring at her with wide sympathetic eyes. She hated being looked at like that. It made her want to punch something. She definitely didn't want to go back to Chicago. There were to many memories there, but she realized maybe this had been a mistake as well. She hadn't gotten up the courage to tell them why she was here yet. She wouldn't leave until she had done that. It was going to be hard, and she didn't want to do it front of the paramedics. It appeared she had little choice.
"We're gonna take Sayuri here the hospital." The paramedic said. "We're gonna need the two of you to go into the police station later and make a statement.
"Mr and Mrs. Stinson." Yuri said. As they hoisted her onto the gurney.
"How did you know our names?" Barney asked his own blue eyes widened even more now. Sayuri noticed they were the same color as hers. She pushed back a wave of grief.
"I came here to see you." She managed. Her voice was shakier then she had ever heard it before. "I took a bus all the way here, and then a cab."
"Why would you do that? You don't even know us." Robin asked.
"8 days ago my mother and stepfather were killed in an accident." Yuri said. The paramedics had stopped in their tracks. Barney and Robin exchanged a look that Yuri didn't understand.
"Sayuri..." Barney started, she cut him off before he could finish.
"I prefer Yuri." She screamed. Her voice cracked and she was crying a little now. "My mother's name was Nozomi Kinsa."
Barney froze it was clear to everyone in the room that he knew the name. He gave her a look. Robin stared too as if understanding though nothing had been said. He walked to her side and looked at her, his eyes closed then opened again.
"Blue eyes." he said, he clearly understood even without the words actually being said. He knew those eyes were his eyes. She nodded at him.
"I was raised by my mother and her husband Sam, he adopted me, and I considered him my father." She managed tears streaming down her cheeks. "When they died, I found my mothers old diary. She said that she believed a man named Barney Stinson was my father. I looked him up, and I found you." Barney collapsed now. Robin ran to him.
"What do you want us to do?" The paramedics asked clearly feeling like they were watching an intimate moment they should not be seeing.
"Take Yuri to the hospital, my husband and I will compose ourselves and meet you there as soon as possible." Robin said. She was surprisingly keeping her composure better then the rest. Barney grabbed her hand. She smiled the best she could at Yuri and mouthed the words "it will be okay."
As the paramedics loaded Yuri into the ambulance and drove her the hospital, she kept the words in her mind. She was still crying and her head was really starting to hurt. She didn't know Robin or Barney, but they seemed like nice people. She could only hope she hadn't completely destroyed their world. She hadn't wanted to have to tell them like that. Barney had seemed upset. He had never known, it wasn't his fault that her parents were dead or that he hadn't been there. He hadn't known. More then anything, she was glad no matter what happened that at least now her father knew that she existed. The path would be bumpy, but as Robin had said, It would all be okay.