Using Love by Chrysolite Heart
Chapter 5
Kikyou wanted to cry in relief when Naraku was finally brought out of the emergency
room. Kikyou got up in a hurry as the doctor’s pulled him on his rolling bed out.
“Are you a relative of Mr. Yamasaki?” one of the doctors asked. Kikyou nodded her
head up and down frantically as she rushed over to see how Naraku was.
“Yes, I’m his fiancée,” Kikyou replied shakily. The doctor nodded in acknowledgment.
“I see, well why don’t we get him up to his room and then we’ll have a chat,” the
doctor suggested. Kikyou nodded again, not trusting her voice to speak. Naraku’s
eyes were closed but something told Kikyou that he wasn’t unconscious.
When they finally got up into the small, warm and cozy room they left Naraku there
while the doctor who had spoken to her earlier lead her out to talk.
“I’m sure you’re wondering how his condition is,” the doctor stated simply. Kikyou
swallowed and nodded.
“Yes, how is he?” Kikyou asked softly. Even though they were outside the room,
Kikyou felt like she had to be quiet as if she would wake Naraku up if she talked
too loud.
“Well, his condition his fairly stable and there’s no threat to his life. He’s got
3 broken ribs, his left leg is broken and his right arm is slightly fractured.
Amazingly enough, no severe damage has been done to his head; he’s just got a cut
down the side of his face. I would say he turned out fairly well considering his
accident. Of course he’ll need to stay in the hospital while he mends, I can’t say
for sure when he’ll be out but I assure he’ll be fine. No permanent damage,” the
doctor told Kikyou. The explanation was long and Kikyou had to take a moment to
process everything the doctor had mentioned. Finally she nodded her head slowly.
The doctor gave her a quick smile and then headed down the hall.
“Thank-you!” she called after him but he was gone. Finally, with a sigh she opened
the small hospital door room and let herself inside. Once her eyes adjusted to the
dim light she noticed Naraku had his eyes opened and was struggling to get up. She
quickly rushed over to him.
“Are you alright?” Kikyou cried. “Don’t get up,” she commanded and gently pushed
Naraku back down into laying position. There were tears forming in the corners of
her eyes.
“I’m fine,” Naraku replied with a weak smile.
“You need to rest,” Kikyou told him firmly, pushing back the tears that threatened
to fall. “Do you need anything?” Naraku shook his head.
“No, I don’t think so,” Naraku responded.
“Do you hurt?” Kikyou asked him, her face creased with worry. Naraku chuckled.
“It can’t get much worse,” he said, looking down at his bandaged body. “My arm
hurts a bit though,” Kikyou gasped.
“Oh! I’ll get you a nurse!” she exclaimed with a concerned glance at his arm and
then rushed out the door before Naraku could protest. She was about to cry…Naraku
noted. He felt a lurch in his heart he couldn’t explain and did his best to ignore
it. In less than a moment after Kikyou left there was a soft rap on the door. That
was quick, Naraku thought to himself with a smirk.
“Come in!” he called. The door opened and he was surprised to see Kagura standing
there. She strode over to him confidently and looked him over.
“Well, what happened here?” Kagura asked with an amused smile. She didn’t seem
worried in the least.
“Car accident, I wasn’t being careful,” Naraku replied quickly. Kagura shook her
head at him non-approvingly.
“That’s not good,” she murmured. Naraku shrugged and then winced at the pain of the
motion. Kagura chuckled quietly.
“I know, I’ll be more careful from now on,” Naraku promised.
“Good, so where is she?” Kagura questioned, glancing around quickly. Naraku knew
she meant Kikyou.
“You mean “where’s Kikyou,”” he corrected before realizing what he was saying.
Kagura stared at him for a long time before smiling.
“Yes, where’s Kikyou,” Kagura repeated. She waited for him to reply.
“She went out to get me a nurse, she should be back soon,” Naraku answered. Kagura
nodded.
“I see. I should probably go then. Give me a call,” she ordered, casting him an
accusing glance. She had not forgotten their earlier missed phone call. Naraku gave
her a sheepish looking smile and nodded.
“I will,” he promised. He watched as Kagura left and couldn’t help but notice the
difference in the way she and Kikyou had reacted to his accident. While Kikyou
seemed worried and on the verge of tears, Kagura took it calmly like it was no big
deal and couldn’t really care less. It started to get him thinking…
Kagura stepped out of the room to face Onigumo.
“How is he?” Onigumo questioned. Kagura shrugged casually.
“Pretty beaten up, must’ve been some car accident,” Kagura replied as the two
started to make their way down the stretch of the hall.
“Oh? Any broken bones?” Onigumo continued.
“Some ribs, a leg and an arm,” Kagura stated shortly. Onigumo grimaced.
“Ouch, do you know when he’ll be out?” Onigumo asked. Kagura shook her head.
“I didn’t ask but I told him to give me a call,” Kagura responded. Onigumo nodded
in satisfaction.
“Good, well at least we don’t have to worry about him for the next little while,”
Onigumo said, putting his arm around Kagura’s waist affectionately. Kagura nodded
in agreement and reached up to kiss him.
“Naraku?” Kikyou called quietly when she re-entered the room. Naraku’s eyes
flickered open at the sound of Kikyou’s voice to meet her warm gaze. A young nurse
stood behind her and another man.
“This is nurse Eri,” Kikyou introduced, gesturing towards the woman. “And Doctor
Suikotsu,” Kikyou added, nodding towards the man. Naraku nodded his head at both of
them. The doctor approached him first after glancing at Kikyou. Naraku felt an
immediate need to growl at the man but restrained himself.
“So, how are you feeling right now?” Suikotsu asked him gently.
“Better, my arm hurts a bit though,” Naraku replied honestly. Suikotsu nodded and
took a few notes with his pen onto his clipboard. He nodded towards the nurse who
checked Naraku over.
“We’re going to give you a needle to reduce the pain in your arm, it’ll also make
your body a bit numb,” Eri explained as she prepared the needle. Both Kikyou and
Naraku winced at the size of the needle when they saw it. Naraku closed his eyes as
the needle was injected but found it didn’t hurt too much and was pulled out of him
quickly after put in.
“There we go, all finished,” Eri said with a clap of her hands. Naraku smiled in
return but wasn’t really paying attention.
“Ok, I think we’re done here. I’ve got some of your x-rays and I’m going to go have
them another look. I’ll be back in a few hours to check on you before lights out,”
Suikotsu said. He glanced at Kikyou again.
“He should be fine, don’t worry. What he needs most now is rest,” he told her.
Kikyou nodded and smiled.
“Thank-you so much,” Kikyou replied sincerely and walked the doctor out. Naraku
felt a burning emotion inside of him as he watched Kikyou smile with the doctor and
tried to push it back.
“So, what kind of relationship do you and that doctor have?” Naraku questioned a
bit angrily and suspiciously when Kikyou returned into the room. Kikyou’s eyes
widened.
“How did you know we knew each other?” Kikyou asked in surprise. Naraku glared at
her.
“So, I was right,” Naraku confirmed. Kikyou nodded.
“Yes, Suikotsu and I went to the same highschool,” Kikyou answered honestly. Naraku
blinked several times.
“Huh?”
“We went to the same highschool. Well, actually, we went to the same elementary
school too come to think of it,” Kikyou told him after a short pause.
“So…there’s nothing between you?” Naraku asked dully. Kikyou stared at him,
bewildered.
“What do you mean? Of course there’s nothing between us,” Kikyou replied. She
stared at him suspiciously before asking. “Why?” Naraku seemed to fidget a bit
before answering.
“Nothing really, you two just seemed really close,” Naraku grumbled. Kikyou blinked
and then burst out laughing. Naraku glared at her. “What’s so funny?” he demanded.
Kikyou pointed at him while she was laughing and then came over to sit beside him
on his bed, a bright smile on her face.
“Oh sweetie, you were jealous!” Kikyou exclaimed; naming that burning emotion he
had felt just a few moments ago.
“I guess,” Naraku mumbled, looking away. His face was a bit red. Kikyou laughed
again and Naraku found himself grinning along with her. Kikyou patted him gently on
the forehead.
“You should get some sleep,” Kikyou told him, getting up. He glanced up at her in
surprise.
“What are you doing?” Naraku asked her as he watched her in curiosity. She was
pulling something out from the wall when Naraku realized it was a bed.
“Well if you’re going to sleep, so am I,” Kikyou replied.
“You’re staying here?” Naraku questioned. Kikyou turned to look at him and put her
hands on her hips.
“You’re acting almost as if you want me to leave,” Kikyou accused. Naraku shook his
head quickly at the accusation.
“No, of course not!” he denied, he thought back to his promise of making that phone
call to Kagura. How was he supposed to do that with Kikyou here? Kikyou smiled.
“Good,” Kikyou said as she finished pulling down the bed and placing the pillow and
blanket on it. “Now, I’m going to go the bathroom. You sleep first,” she told
Naraku. Naraku nodded and waited for her to leave. He reached over to the phone
with his good hand and pushed in the numbers of Kagura’s phone. It rang twice
before she picked up.
“Hello?” she responded.
“It’s me,” Naraku told her.
“Oh, yes, how are you?” Kagura questioned.
“Doing better,” Naraku replied shortly.
“I’m sorry; I’m a bit busy now. Do you mind calling back some other time?” Kagura
told him in a bit of an annoyed tone. Naraku wondered what was going on but didn’t
ask.
“Sure,” he agreed. “Bye,”
“Bye,” he waited for Kagura to hang up but she never did.
“Sorry about that,” he heard Kagura say.
“Don’t worry about it, he was keeping his promise,” a male voice responded. What?
Who is…Naraku wondered when he suddenly recognized the voice. Onigumo!
“I told him to call back, I’m so tired of faking all of this with him,” Kagura
purred in an annoyed tone. Naraku blinked. Faking…?
“I know, but it’ll be worth it in the end, darling,” Onigumo assured her. “Once he
gets this Kikyou girl, we take care of him and then all the money is ours,” Naraku
listened in shock as they laughed together. Finally, he couldn’t listen anymore and
turned off his phone.
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Chapter 2,
Chapter 3,
Chapter 4,
Chapter 5 ,
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