Chapter 37 He had no idea.

Shin's eyes fluttered, hearing only the sound of a repetitious beeping, however, the light above him was so blinding, and his eyelids felt so damn heavy at the moment. Releasing a grunt, suddenly an overwhelming soreness of his entire body hit him.

Hearing a shuffling beside him, he slowly looked to the side while trying to open his heavy eyelids. After several tried, he was finally able to open them wide enough to see and was greeted by the sight of a rather luxurious hospital room.

The rooms hospital bed he was on was in reality, a queen-sized bed with a luxurious white headrest with gold trimmings. The mattress was the softest he had ever felt, although he didn't pay much attention to that due to his body's soreness.

All around the rooms were various paintings that Shin was sure cost more than he could ever imagine, as well as a TV that was more akin to a holographic display as it was just a wooden table with a long and thin black projector sitting on top of it. Projecting a crystal-clear image, which at the moment was just a background a beautiful flowery meadow with the time in the bottom right corner.

Then, right next to him, was a couch. The couch had purple cushions, a white wood as the support, and once again a gold trim that made the couch seem very luxurious. Sitting on the couch, looking at Shin worriedly, was Sona. Her hair was a mess, and her clothes were all wrinkled. It was obvious she had been previously sleeping on the couch.

"Shin?! You're awake!" Sona said, surprised and relieved. Hurriedly pressing a button on a remote stationed on the bedside table near shin.

"Sona? What are you doing here? And where the hell am I?" Shin said as he very slowly and meticulously sat up, groaning all the way up due to his body's soreness.

Sona stood up and walked over to Shin and sat on the bed beside him, putting her hand on his forearm for comfort. "You're in a hospital in Sitri territory," Sona explained, resulting in the widening of Shin's eyes.

If he was in a hospital in Sitri territory, then that meant he was currently in the underworld, which indirectly meant that whatever was wrong with him was serious enough that he had to be brought to the underworlds best hospital to receive treatment.

"What's wrong with me? It can't be something little if I had to be brought to the underworld to receive treatment." Shin asked, worried. He wasn't a doctor, so he had no clue as to what was wrong with him. All he knows is that when your veins explode and you vomit blood, that something is wrong. The cause for it, however? He had no idea.

"I don't know. Since I am not family, the doctors will not tell me without your permission. Doctor-patient privilege and all that. However, since my family owns this hospital, I pulled enough strings to allow me to at least visit you out of visiting hours." Sona explained.

"I see. Well then, how long have I been out?" Shin asked.

"You've been unconscious for 5 years," Sona said, causing Shin to suddenly choke on air. The shock was almost enough to send him back into unconsciousness. However, Sona's chuckles stopped him from doing so. Looking at her, she was smirking amusedly at him.

"You're fucking with me," Shin said, ticked off.

"Yea. You were unconscious for 2 days. At first, we brought you to the hospital in Kuoh, however, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with you after running all the tests they could. So, I brought you here." Sona explained, and it was at this time that the door to Shin's room hurriedly opened.

In came two nurses and a doctor, hurriedly telling Sona to get out of the way, to which she complied. The nurses wasted no time in getting to work, one using a pump thing on his arm, the other using a small flashlight to test his eyes, telling him to look this way and that way. The usual stuff nurses do.

Meanwhile, the doctor read over a paper and waited for the nurses to be done. After a few minutes, the nurses stepped out of the way and allowed the doctor to talk to Shin. "Hello Mr. Hyoudou, I am the doctor that has been treating you. My name is Marco Sitri, a member of the Sitri clan." The doctor said as he extended his hand, Shin responding in kind, albeit slowly and painfully, shook the doctor's hand.

"Now, for proper procedure, I'm going to need to ask you if you're okay with Miss Sitri being present for this. The decision is yours." The doctor asked, Shin, looking over to Sona, seeing her worried face he couldn't help but feel happy. He didn't expect Sona to have gone so far for him.

"It's alright. She's done this much for me, it's only right that I allow her to know what put me in this situation." Shin said, Sona smiling at Shin appreciatively.

"Alright, then I have some routine questions to ask you." The doctor said, moving onto questions such as his birthday, if he had any allergies, if he had any previous serious injuries, was he on any medications, was he sexually active. The usual questions you get asked when you go into the doctor.

After asking them, the doctor put the clipboard he was holding down onto the desk and pulled out a chair that had wheels on it, wheeling on over to Shin. "Alright, then all that's left is to explain what happened to you. Now, a lot of things happened when you were with Miss Sitri, and it all boils down to your magic attacking you." The doctor explained, confusing Shin.

"My magic attacked me? Why would it do that?" Shin asked, utterly confused.

"Well, your sacred gear, which Rias Gremory so graciously explained to us, allowed you to absorb energy and contain it within your body. Something which was unprecedented until now. Correct?" The doctor asked, receiving a nod from Shin.

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