Hello all, I'm delving into a new kind of story this time around. I hope you enjoy it!
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-Heather.
Kagome sat in the hut that her and Inuyasha shared about to settle in for the night, exhaustion from gathering herbs and fruits all day settling deep in her bones.
Hastily removing her Miko garbs, a sudden buzzing in her senses made her stand stalk still.
A demon aura.
A very familiar one.
"Sesshomaru is here." She said to her mate, his amber eyes widening a fraction, turning his head towards the large aura.
It was extremely late, what did Sesshomaru want at this hour?
Kagome watched as Inuyasha left, the flap of the hut billowing out behind him. Sighing soundly, Kagome tied her strings back to her garbs and left the comfortable warmth to see what Sesshomaru might need.
"I need an audience with the young Miko, brother." Sesshomaru said, earning a glare from his half-sibling, his hands buried in his haori sleeves.
"And why exactly do you want to see her?" Inuyasha questioned.
"That is not your concern." Sesshomaru said, his eyes lighting up with aggravation.
"It is my concern, she's my mate." Inuyasha fired back at him.
Kagome looked between the two brothers, annoyed that they were starting to argue. Stepping forward, she turned to Inuyasha, "Sit boy."
He slammed to the ground, and Kagome turned to the Daiyoukai, "What can I do for you, Sesshomaru?"
Angry grumbles reached her ears, but she ignored them.
"Come with me." He said, turning around and began walking towards the outer part of the village.
Aggravated that he just expected her to follow him like she was a dog, she turned to Inuyasha who was pulling himself up now.
"You aren't going with him, Kagome!" He yelled at her, jumping up.
Kagome glared, sitting him once more.
"He wouldn't go out of his way to speak to me if it weren't important. I'll be back in a couple of minutes Inuyasha, do not follow me." She told him, letting the threat hang in the air.
OOOOOO
Sesshomaru was far ahead, but she could make out his form in the darkness, his hair glowing, acting as her pinpoint.
He was leading her to a far hut on the outskirts of the village, away from all the huts in the center.
Sesshomaru led her into a small hut, walking through the flap, and she followed.
Kagome looked around, her eyes falling to Rin lying on the ground, covered up and shivering, perspiration dripping down her forehead.
Gasping slightly, she dropped to the side of her, extending her hand to lay on the forehead of the younger woman.
A high fever.
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, "What's wrong with her? When did this start?"
Sesshomaru folded his hands into his own haori, his eyebrows drawing taunt on his features. "I'm not sure, she did not tell me of her illness until she was with fever."
If she didn't know Sesshomaru, she would not have caught the worry in his tone.
But, he was worried, it was blatantly obvious.
Her hand dampened from the sweat of the young girl, Kagome leaned over, moving her hair away from her sweaty neck, watching her shoulders tremble.
"Rin. It's Kagome. Can you tell me what hurts?"
The younger girl opened her eyes, they were hazy and pained. She looked at Kagome, and nodded softly. Moving her hand down she touched the area where her bladder was and winced painfully.
Kagome watched the movement, her thoughts going a mile a minute, sorting through every sickness it could be.
"Sesshomaru. If you could leave us for a moment, please?" Kagome asked, not looking at him.
The demon hesitated, wondering why he had to leave, but he departed the hut, not wanting Rin uncomfortable.
Waiting a moment, making sure he was well out of the hut, she touched Rin's lower stomach tentatively, "Does it hurt to go to the bathroom?"
Rin nodded, flushing, shivering in the process.
Kagome sighed, moving her hand to rub across her forehead.
She knew what it was.
Before she stood up, she moved the covers off the girl, watching the young woman groan in protest. Kagome had to do it though, it would help bring down her fever.
Climbing to her feet, she moved towards the entrance to the hut, she pushed the flap aside, seeing Sesshomaru standing there impatiently.
"Well?" He asked her.
Kagome looked back into the hut at Rin, her eyes shut tightly, her small frame shivering profusely.
Turning back to him, she shoved her hair behind her ear.
"It's a urinary tract infection."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, telling her with his expression to elaborate.
"It's an infection that attacks the bladder, kidneys and the tubes in between. Due to her high fever though, the infection is now severe, it's made its way to her kidneys."
Sesshomaru winced inwardly.
Kagome continued on, her thoughts flying to concoctions she'd need to help Rin.
"She needs plenty of rest, and plenty of liquids. Has she been drinking anything?"
"I'm not certain, she began to run a fever earlier this evening." He replied.
Kagome nodded, wondering why Rin had not come to her earlier. She had to have known that something was wrong when she was having trouble going to the bathroom.
"What she has is not contagious. It's due to bacteria getting into her bladder. I however,will need to go back to my hut, to grab a few medical concoctions. Please, while I'm gone, be sure she drinks a bit of water. And do not let her cover back up. The heat of that blanket gets trapped against her skin, and keeps her fever high."
OOOOO
Kagome pushed into her hut, seeing Inuyasha out of the corner of her eye, sulking on the ground.
"What's going on, Kagome?" He asked her, looking over her form.
"Rin is sick." She answered him, grabbing a few bottles of something.
"What's wrong with her?" He questioned.
"It's private, Inuyasha." She mumbled tiredly.
"Keh. Well, are you staying there tonight?"
Kagome looked at him, sensing his discomfort.
"Probably. Rin has a high fever and won't drink anything. She needs to be monitored."
Inuyasha was silent as she plucked up a bottle of green liquid, shaking it up and placing it into her basket.
"You're staying there with Sesshomaru?" He questioned, a bite in his tone now.
"He might stay, he might not, I'm not sure." She said, earning more silence with her statement.
"I'm coming with you then." He told her with finality.
Kagome sighed, knowing this would be a battle.
"No." She told him, grabbing the basket of concoctions and setting it down gently.
"Kagome." He grit out, grabbing her arm.
"Inuyasha." She snapped, pulling her bicep out of his grasp, "I do not have time to argue, Rin is very ill and she needs medical treatment. I do not need you there to babysit me. Stop acting like a child!"
Kagome watched as he backed away from her, rolling his eyes. He settled into the huts corner, watching her pick up her basket once more, turning to leave.
Thank Kami, Kagome really thought it would be a bigger battle.
Before she got fully out of the tent, Inuyasha's voice stopped her.
"I'll be there at dawn to make sure you're alright." He said to her sternly, saying nothing else.
OOOOO
Kagome quietly walked back into Rin's hut, seeing Sesshomaru sitting beside her head, his expression that of concern for his ward.
"I've got a couple of things that she can take. Did she drink any water?"
He nodded, "Just a bit."
It would have to do for now, she needed to get this medicine into her young friend.
Plucking up one concoction, she measure out a tablespoon, counting the dosage in her mind. It would be enough for the first few hours, four at the most, she'd need another dosage after that.
She felt eyes on her as she dumped the medicine into a cup.
"What is that Miko?" Sesshomaru questioned.
Kagome placed the makeshift lid back on the cup of medicine..
"It's a mixture of yarrow root, ginger, and a bit of strawberry to give it some flavor, otherwise it would taste like dirt."
He looked on as she tilted the cup to Rin's lips, parting them slightly, just enough to get the small amount of liquid into the girls mouth.
"The yarrow root is for her fever and inflammation that is most likely in her urethral channel. It'll help with-."
Kagome stopped then, looking up at Sesshomaru ,not sure if she should continue, wanting to conserve Rin's modesty.
"I understand." He told her, getting the gist of the illness.
After managing to get the medicine into Rin's mouth, Kagome rubbed her throat, making sure she swallowed it easily.
A few moments more of thinking, Kagome rose and went over to a bucket of clean water, pouring a small amount into a cup, turning to sit back down beside Rin.
"Hold her head for me please." Kagome asked Sesshomaru.
He did as she asked, and she took the cup and tilted a bit of water into the girls mouth.
Instead of drinking the small amount of water, Rin sealed her mouth and turned to the side, moaning painfully.
"N-No water." She mumbled, causing the water to drip down her chin and pool at the juncture of her neck.
Kagome pulled away and sighed heavily, "Rin, you must drink to bring down your fever."
Sesshomaru growled in warning at the Miko, basically telling her to not push the girl.
Kagome snapped her head up, glowering in his direction.
Rising to her feet, she planted her hands on her hips.
"Sesshomaru, I understand you want to help Rin, and you want her comfortable, but I know medicine, you know war and fighting. If you want her to get better, you need to let me do my job." Kagome told him, annoyed at him now.
The demon lord rose as well, his form now towering above hers, even across the hut she had to raise her head to look at him.
Silence.
He only raised one silver brow at her, but slightly nodded his head in understanding.
Kagome licked her dry lips, sitting back down.
"Well, if she won't drink, then the next best thing is to keep her body cool."
Looking around the hut, her eyes fell on a dry hand towel, rising, she plucked it up and dunked it in the water, ringing out the excess amount, folding it into a rectangle.
Moving to sit back down beside Rin, Kagome laid the towel across her forehead, earning a harsh shiver from the girl.
"This towel will need to be changed every hour or so. She can retake the yarrow root after four hours, right before the dawn hits." She said aloud, not sure if Sesshomaru was listening or not.
"Right now, I've done all I can do. I'll stay here throughout the night of course. In the morning, I can get the help of Sango and Kaede, they can run to the river to grab me fresh water."
Kagome sat on her haunches, wiping the sweat off her brow, glaring at the fire. It needed to be let out a little bit, the heat not doing the young girl any favors.
"When the fire dies down, let it. Rin needs the cool touch of the air, not the heat of the fire." She told the Lord, staring at him fully now.
Moving back, she laid her head against the wall of the hut, closing her eyes, getting a small nap in.
She would be up and down all night, she might as well rest a little bit.
More to come!