Join me to see if Yuki survives from being repeatedly shot while hanging in a tree

Recovery, hopefully

Ch. 6

Yuki's P.O.V.

I can barely hear any voices. I'm losing blood by the second as my mind goes completely black.

Kyo's P.O.V.

I just couldn't believe I could be less vigilant when I knew Akito would strike sooner or later. Ah man, I'm such an idiot! I stayed up for days… I couldn't get to sleep. All this time I've thought of nothing but my cousin.

On the morning of the fifth day… the phone went off. I answered it before the dog could even get close to it.

"Hello?" I asked in a rush.

"Is this the Sohma house?" *Gasp* it's the hospital! I recognize this voice!

"Yes, of course it is. How's Yuki?" I could tell what I asked on the phone got the others' attention.

"We've removed all the bullets from his body. Some of them hit vital organs and one almost hit his heart. We have him on life support right now. I don't think he's going to wake up anytime soon."

"Can we come visit him anyway?"

"Starting tomorrow, yes."

"Oh, thank you for calling us." I hung up the phone and fought back the tears that wanted to fall. I told the others what the call was about once I felt their eyes on me.

"I can't believe that bastard would try to kill Yuki like that," Kagura cried. Now I find myself unable to hold in my tears in front of everyone. Water streamed down my face as Tohru hugged me. Huh? I still didn't transform… what's going on?

It took forever for tomorrow to arrive and once it did… all of us ran, yeah not drove, ran all the way to the hospital Yuki was at.

I let the snake go in the room first. He thanked me and went into the room. I went in next as the rest followed. *Gasp* Yuki… seeing him hooked up to a life support thing… I find myself shedding a waterfall again. I could barely see his breath on the inside of that oxygen mask. I listen to his heart monitor… his heart is still beating but… one beat per half a minute.

No, no please Yuki. Don't die on us, please. Great, now I'm begging yet again. It's… it's just heartbreaking for me to see the rat like this… barely hanging on… I just… can't stop crying.

"Yuki, little brother, please… please wake up soon," the snake begged softly, his hand overlapping Yuki's.

*Sigh* it has now been over half a year already. Yuki still hasn't woken up, but I'm thankful that his heart is still beating at least. The doctors had to do a blood transfusion to him because of how much he lost.

Tohru and I went to visit him every single day after school. The fan club girls of his pouted and most of them cried every school day and others… just went off yelling at me and Tohru for no reason. They always backed off once they saw me about ready to hurt them.

The teachers knew I wasn't my usual self and so did the other students I usually hang around. Heh, even the Yankee isn't cracking jokes or beating me up. Tohru told her why I was so depressed right now… guess she just feels that I don't need or deserve to be made fun of this time round, although I kind of miss it.

For me turning in every damn assignment in late… the teachers didn't penalize me for doing that. They knew I was still going through a hard time… what with my cousin still in the hospital and all. They let me and Tohru keep our cell phones on all day long just in case we get a call from Shigure or the hospital about Yuki.

Coming up on my birthday… which is tomorrow… I hoped Yuki would wake up soon. If not today, tomorrow, if not tomorrow, then the next day… just sometime this week. Yuki, if only you would wake up soon.

*Sigh* still no call… but on my birthday… when I was walking along side Tohru in the outside hallway… my phone went off. I was so surprised that it went off that I swear my hair stood up like a cat's fur when they get spooked badly. Well I am still a cat, even if I don't transform anymore when Tohru hugs me.

I quickly answered it, "hello?"

"Kyo Sohma?" Oh my god! It's one of the doctors!

"Yes, this is Kyo Sohma! Please tell me you have good news for me." Please be good news, please be good news, please be good news.

"Would good news be telling you that… your cousin is now conscious and his heart rate is almost back to normal?" he asked.

"Now that is good news for me! Thank you!" I tell Tohru the news and we can hardly contain our joy.

"You two going to visit me after school again?" *Gasp* Yuki… Yuki's talking again. He's that conscious?

"You knew we are!" I tell him happily. Clearly the doctor called on a cell phone and held it to Yuki's ear. His voice wheezed a bit, but he's alive!

"Heh, this might just be from force of habit… but thanks stupid cat," Yuki tells me softly.

"It's just fine with me, damn rat!" I hear him chuckle a little and I could tell he fell asleep.

"Okay, so, you know where his room is… you can just go straight there once you're done with the school day," the doctor told me.

"Thank you, thank you so much!" I find myself crying happy tears now as I hung up my cell phone. Tohru called the snake, the sea horse dragon, and the dog about it.

"Ayame, Hatori, and Shigure are heading over there now," she tells me with that smile of hers that I missed so much. "We have two more hours before we can go there."

"Let's go find Haru and Momiji and tell them the news," I said excitedly. Tohru nodded as we ran towards their class room. Their teacher let us steal them from class for a while.

"What? You serious?!" Haru asked, a smile spreading across his face.

"Yes I'm serious. I just got the call ten minutes ago," I told him.

"Yuki's alright now, I'm so happy," Momiji cried.

"He's alive!" I shouted. Wait… why am I getting the feeling that… well that was my birthday wish. That Yuki would wake up today or soon. My birthday wish came true, YES!

Come on stupid school day get over already. Me and the others waited for this last hour to end. Our feet restless as the minute hand on the clock inched towards the three. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on already!

*Brrrriiiiinnnnngggggg* once that went off, I was out the door with Tohru, the rabbit, and the cow. We met up at the school entrance and ran to the hospital without stopping. We were so excited! We were relieved that Yuki finally woke up after so many months. Well we could've left school once I got the call but… I made a promise to Yuki before school started up again. I promised him that I'd go to school and stay there for the entire school day… then come visit him afterwards.

We ran into the building and went straight to Yuki's room. Once in there, my smile doesn't fade. Yuki's sitting up with the help of the head part of the bed lifted, his eyes slightly open, and softly laughing at something. The life support had been disconnected and he's breathing almost fine now.

He turns his head slightly towards the door. "Sorry I made you worry so much," he tells us.

"Yuki," Momiji and Haru go in further. I could tell they wanted to give him a hug, but they knew he still needs to recover more before he receives any.

Shortly after Tohru and I walked in the room all the way… the other four Sohmas entered the room.

"Yuki," Kisa said softly. Yuki smiled to her with that bright smile of his.

"Oh, hey. Did you three tell him the news?" I asked the three stooges by the bed.

"Huh? Actually we didn't tell him," Shigure replied.

"Hmm? Tell me what?" Yuki asked, sounding confused. His voice still slightly wheezed a bit.

"Watch this," I told him with a smile as I turned to Tohru. We both made sure that he could see both of us when we hugged.

"You… didn't transform," Yuki said bluntly. "Let me guess… Akito's dead and I'm still alive so…"

"Akito was the cause of this family curse," Haru told him. He whispered the next part to him. "Kyo tore him to shreds that night."

"Really? You were that pissed off?" Yuki smiled towards me again. I nodded but my smile didn't fade.

"Excuse me," said a nurse by the door. We made room for her to enter. "Who's his blood brother again?"

"That would be me," Ayame said standing up.

"Okay, he'll have to stay here a few more weeks before we can go home," said the nurse.

"I understand," Ayame said softly, yet a little in that dramatic voice of his. I can't believe I'm saying this but… I kind of miss that dramatic side of him.

A month later and Yuki was able to come home, finally. His breathing and heart rate were back to normal. We were finally able to get back to our usual lives. I was able to sleep soundly without waking up in the middle of the night in tears.

Once Yuki was fully recovered, he asked me if I wanted a sparring match.

"It's like you read my mind, Yuki," I grinned, cause that's exactly what I wanted. We sparred outside and he pointed out a few things. It was like he was giving me a few tips on how to beat him. And I pointed out a few things to him as well.

We were having fun with sparring with each other. I always knew Yuki was a fighter. And he knows that I'm a fighter as well.

Nothing will ever take Yuki away from us again.

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Please review and I hope you liked this story. Finally got it done, this was the final chapter to this fic ^_^