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Adult +
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7
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66
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Waiting, Wishing, Hoping
Mending a broken heart
Chapter 6: Waiting, Wishing, Hoping
He was accustomed to waiting.
In fact, one could even say that Shippo had perfected the art of waiting, but at that moment he didn't want to wait.
He wanted to see his mother. he wanted to ask Youko and Kuronue why they weren't there to protect her since they had promised to always be there, but mostly he wanted to curl up next to her and comfort her since she had been crying before they fell through the well.
He'd watched as they'd carefully placed her into Kouga's arms before he sped off toward the hospital. Since then his anxiety had only grown. It had been half a day since they had heard from anyone pertaining to her condition.
The last they had heard was she was heading into the operating room for surgery.
"Don't worry," Shippo turned toward the voice. "She'll be alright." Shippo stared at the boy so much younger than himself and nodded.
They hadn't had much time to talk since Kagome had been their first priority, but now alone at the temple they had all the time in the world.
They had both been deemed to young to accompany everyone else to the hospital. While Shippo had wanted to argue that he was in fact older than Kagome's own mother, he knew that there was no arguing with three full grown youkai.
"Do you want some pocky?" Souta held the chocolate covered biscuits out to the young fox demon.
Emerald eyes brightened and a small grin played on his lips. He didn't need to be asked twice. Although he did prefer strawberry to chocolate.
After he had started munching on the stick he realized he had yet to properly thank Souta. Shippo stopped chewing and swallowed. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Souta smiled.
Shippo fidgeted when the silence hung about them as neither knew what exactly to talk about. Finally he sighed, pulling at the hem of his vest.
"How did they know when she would arrive?"
If Souta was surprised by the question, he didn't show it.
"They didn't."
Shippo looked into Souta's dark eyes, confusion clearly evident on the young fox demon's face.
"At least they weren't sure. They thought she had died."
He nibbled on his pocky, digesting the information. "Why would they think she had.." But the words died on his lips.
He remembered the scene at the well.
There had been so much blood, and Kagome nearly did die on the way to the hospital, so it easier for him to see why they thought she had died.
"No wonder they seemed...so relieved." Shippo mumbled.
Souta smiled wryly.
"You don't even know the half of it. They'd been here for about two days and planned to stay for an indefinite amount of time. At least Inuyasha was. I am not sure about the other two."
"Even though we made a pact with Sesshomaru-sama in the past, I am unsure whether or not he would stay here that long. Kouga might've. He probably would've stayed for a while just to rile Inuyasha." Shippo grinned at the thought.
"What about the well? Did Inuyasha try to pass through it after we had come through?"
A sad look briefly passed over Souta's face before he answered.
"He said he would've come sooner, but the well wouldn't let him through. He said he would spend hours attempting."
"Sounds like Inuyasha." Shippo's expression dimmed. "I bet Miroku and Sango would secretly watch him in hopes that it would finally grant him access."
"Inuyasha thought there were two possibilities keeping him from passing through the well. He figured Kagome was either dead, or without the Shikon no Tama to aid him there was nothing to tie him to the present anymore."
Shippo nodded. He didn't know what to say. What had been a day for him and been five hundred years to everyone else he knew in the past.
"Inuyasha must've been really worried, especially since it was his duty to protect her. What about your family?"
Souta stared out in the direction of the well house.
"We all took the news really hard. We were always aware that it was a possibility for her to die in the Feudal Era, and it wasn't confirmed, so all we could do was wait."
"And then we showed up." Shippo finished.
"Yep," Souta was having a hard time containing the grin that wanted to pull at the corners of his lips. "Inuyasha's ear swiveled in the direction of the well, Sesshomaru calmly stated there was blood, and Kouga ran out of here like there was no tomorrow while we sat and stared at the places they had all previously been sitting. Kouga and Inuyasha argued the whole way out there."
Shippo laughed.
While he couldn't forget that Kagome was in the hospital, talking to Souta made the waiting more bearable.
He decided he could wait a little longer, but he wouldn't wait forever.
As soon as she was stable enough to have visitors, he was going to be by her side.
Now all he had left to do was find Youko, and then they could be a family again. Maybe Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sesshomaru would help him when they returned. After all they did have better tracking skills than he did.
Chapter 6: Waiting, Wishing, Hoping
He was accustomed to waiting.
In fact, one could even say that Shippo had perfected the art of waiting, but at that moment he didn't want to wait.
He wanted to see his mother. he wanted to ask Youko and Kuronue why they weren't there to protect her since they had promised to always be there, but mostly he wanted to curl up next to her and comfort her since she had been crying before they fell through the well.
He'd watched as they'd carefully placed her into Kouga's arms before he sped off toward the hospital. Since then his anxiety had only grown. It had been half a day since they had heard from anyone pertaining to her condition.
The last they had heard was she was heading into the operating room for surgery.
"Don't worry," Shippo turned toward the voice. "She'll be alright." Shippo stared at the boy so much younger than himself and nodded.
They hadn't had much time to talk since Kagome had been their first priority, but now alone at the temple they had all the time in the world.
They had both been deemed to young to accompany everyone else to the hospital. While Shippo had wanted to argue that he was in fact older than Kagome's own mother, he knew that there was no arguing with three full grown youkai.
"Do you want some pocky?" Souta held the chocolate covered biscuits out to the young fox demon.
Emerald eyes brightened and a small grin played on his lips. He didn't need to be asked twice. Although he did prefer strawberry to chocolate.
After he had started munching on the stick he realized he had yet to properly thank Souta. Shippo stopped chewing and swallowed. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Souta smiled.
Shippo fidgeted when the silence hung about them as neither knew what exactly to talk about. Finally he sighed, pulling at the hem of his vest.
"How did they know when she would arrive?"
If Souta was surprised by the question, he didn't show it.
"They didn't."
Shippo looked into Souta's dark eyes, confusion clearly evident on the young fox demon's face.
"At least they weren't sure. They thought she had died."
He nibbled on his pocky, digesting the information. "Why would they think she had.." But the words died on his lips.
He remembered the scene at the well.
There had been so much blood, and Kagome nearly did die on the way to the hospital, so it easier for him to see why they thought she had died.
"No wonder they seemed...so relieved." Shippo mumbled.
Souta smiled wryly.
"You don't even know the half of it. They'd been here for about two days and planned to stay for an indefinite amount of time. At least Inuyasha was. I am not sure about the other two."
"Even though we made a pact with Sesshomaru-sama in the past, I am unsure whether or not he would stay here that long. Kouga might've. He probably would've stayed for a while just to rile Inuyasha." Shippo grinned at the thought.
"What about the well? Did Inuyasha try to pass through it after we had come through?"
A sad look briefly passed over Souta's face before he answered.
"He said he would've come sooner, but the well wouldn't let him through. He said he would spend hours attempting."
"Sounds like Inuyasha." Shippo's expression dimmed. "I bet Miroku and Sango would secretly watch him in hopes that it would finally grant him access."
"Inuyasha thought there were two possibilities keeping him from passing through the well. He figured Kagome was either dead, or without the Shikon no Tama to aid him there was nothing to tie him to the present anymore."
Shippo nodded. He didn't know what to say. What had been a day for him and been five hundred years to everyone else he knew in the past.
"Inuyasha must've been really worried, especially since it was his duty to protect her. What about your family?"
Souta stared out in the direction of the well house.
"We all took the news really hard. We were always aware that it was a possibility for her to die in the Feudal Era, and it wasn't confirmed, so all we could do was wait."
"And then we showed up." Shippo finished.
"Yep," Souta was having a hard time containing the grin that wanted to pull at the corners of his lips. "Inuyasha's ear swiveled in the direction of the well, Sesshomaru calmly stated there was blood, and Kouga ran out of here like there was no tomorrow while we sat and stared at the places they had all previously been sitting. Kouga and Inuyasha argued the whole way out there."
Shippo laughed.
While he couldn't forget that Kagome was in the hospital, talking to Souta made the waiting more bearable.
He decided he could wait a little longer, but he wouldn't wait forever.
As soon as she was stable enough to have visitors, he was going to be by her side.
Now all he had left to do was find Youko, and then they could be a family again. Maybe Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sesshomaru would help him when they returned. After all they did have better tracking skills than he did.