Chapter Eighteen, Hospital.

As soon as they appeared in the living room of the shrine, Yato knew something was wrong.

Kofuku and Hiyori were the only ones there. Hiyori lay unconscious on the couch with a worried looking Kofuku hovering above her. When she noticed them appear, Kofuku gently got up from the couch and walked over to where they were standing. "It's not looking good, Yatty." She said, expression grim.

Yato didn't respond. He set down her body on the opposite couch, and walked over to where her phantom form was. She was extremely pale, and her skin was cold when he moved stray strands of hair from her face. His heart clenched in his chest, aching from seeing her like that. "It's going to be okay." He vowed.

She stirred slightly at the sound of his voice, her eyes fluttering open. She smiled at the sight of him, but the joy didn't reach her eyes. Even the beautiful pink hue of her eyes were dulled.

"We got your body."

"Really?"

"Yeah," Yato forced himself to smile, even if it was just a little one, "we want to take you to the hospital, so you can get checked out."

Hiyori nodded. "Then let's go," she said, already attempting to sit up. She sat up relatively easy, but Yato had to help her stand.

"Yukine."

The young shinki ran over, taking Hiyori's arm over his shoulder and letting her lean on him to keep herself steady. Once Yato was sure they wouldn't fall, he carefully let go of Hiyori and picked up her unconscious body from the couch. He carried her bridal style back to where they were.

Just as they were about to teleport away, Kofuku stepped forward. "Wait."

They all stopped and looked at her.

"Shouldn't we try to get her back into her body? I mean that would solve things, right?" Kofuku rambled. "She wouldn't be so weak and her body would be able to recharge." As she spoke, tears began welling in her eyes.

"Kofuku." Yato said.

She stopped rambling, tears now freely running down her face. "Yes, Yatty?"

"Her body is too weak for her to go back just this minute. It would be better to wait until a doctor cleared her. Who knows what Fujisaki did while he had it." Yato stated. His face turned sour at the thought of his father, but the look disappeared when he shook his head. "It will be okay, I promise."

"Let's go already. I'm sure my dad is working today. He'll be able to help." Hiyori said as she grabbed onto Yato's shoulder.

"Right."

They locked eyes, and it hurt Yato to see the pain in her eyes. He inhaled deeply, and got ready to teleport them outside the hospital.

"Let's go."

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The second they appeared in the parking lot, Yato took off inside the building. He ran, panic stricken, to the front desk and told the nurse that he found her unconscious in an alleyway. The nurse stood up, hands up as she attempted to calm him down. She told another nurse to get a gurney and when it came, he set Hiyori's body down.

"Dr. Iki to the lobby, Dr. Iki to the lobby." Could be heard over the intercom. A few seconds passed before he was there, panting as he asked a fellow nurse what was going on. The nurse pointed at the gurney, and he rushed over. Yato backed off as he practically flew to her side.

"Hiyori! Oh my god I was so worried!" He shouted, cupping his daughters face. When she didn't wake up, he looked to the nurse and said, "What happened?"

"Guy over there brought her in, said he found her unconscious in an alley." She explained.

Dr. Iki glanced over at Yato. "Alright. Get a doctor to examine her and then take her up for a head CT. I'll talk to the guy and see what happened. Page me when she's headed up for the CT.

The nurse nodded, and wheeled her away to a room for examination.

Dr. Iki headed over to Yato. "So, what happened?"

Yato put on his scared face, and explained "what happened" in best detail he could. Once he was done, Dr. Iki asked him a few simple questions. All of which Yato answers easily.

"I'm going to need you to stay for questioning, if that's alright." Dr. Iki said, skeptically eyeing him up and down.

"I'll just be in one of the waiting rooms." Yato said.

Before the doctor could question him further, there was a beeping noise coming from a small device on Dr. Iki's waist. He checked it, looked Yato up and down once more, and said, "Hiyori is heading up to CT now. I have to go."

Yato nodded. "Can you update me on her please? I want to be sure she's okay." He put on his best puppy dog look.

Dr. Iki thought for a moment. "I'll have a nurse update you frequently."

"Thank you."

The pager beeped again, and Dr. Iki rushed away, leaving Yato alone.

For a few seconds anyway. It was less than a second before Yato noticed Yukine and Hiyori standing next to him. He wondered silently when they got there.

"Is she being taken care of?" Yukine asked.

"Yeah, Dr. Iki just took her up for a head CT." Yato explained.

"That's going to take a little bit, so we should just sit and relax." Hiyori said, already trying to sit down in one of the chairs along the wall. Yukine let her, and sat down on her left.

Yato remained standing for a few seconds before he decided to sit down as well. He sat beside Hiyori on her right side.

"I told doctor Iki to keep me updated on you. He said he's going to send nurses to update me." Yato informed them.

Hiyori hummed in acknowledgment. "He's a nice guy like that, letting complete strangers know if someone is okay when they ask for it." She rambled, a yawn escaping her as she spoke. "I'm glad he's my dad..." she trailed off, words growing quieter and slower as she passed out.

Yato chuckled at her, and closed his eyes as well. It had been a long day.

"I'll wake you if he comes back." Yukine said. "Don't sleep too long, old man."

Yato hummed to show him he was listening. "Shush." He mumbled, already falling asleep.

The last thing he heard was a scoff from his shinki, and then the darkness of sleep overtook him.

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Annnnnnnnnnnnnndddddddddddd here is the new chapter! This chapter took me so long to write. I actually just finished it a few days ago. There was so much stuff going on in the last few weeks. The first semester of my school year was ending, so there was a lot of last minute projects and culminatings to do. I had an entire week off from school because i somehow got exempted from all of my exams???? Don't ask me how, it just happened. Anyway, I spent the entire week struggling with the chapter until I got fed up and was just like, "IT IS TIME TO WRITE!!!!!", and that was how I pumped out this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Tell me what you think! Was the ending as crappy to you as it was to me? How are you guys doing? Comment your thoughts!

The next few chapters will have a bunch of doctor stuff so be prepared for that. I just want to say that I am NOT a doctor and all of my knowledge comes from a mixture of Grey's Anatomy, House, and The Good Doctor. IF you notice anything weird in the chapter please tell me about it! And I think that is about it for my rant. Until next time!