Blood Iris
Chapter 3.
'Healing plant'
Kagome trudged up the small slope, fully aware of her new found companion. He'd been following her for many nights now. She did not know why the demon lord had took such an extreme interest in her. Had she missed something? Did she slip up somewhere along the line? She had always been so careful in hiding her secret, so it was impossible for him to know, or was it? Either way it didn't matter he was no threat to her.
She smiled inwardly those words would have never fell from her mouth a year ago. Of course a year ago she would have been her old normal, happy self, but things are different now.
It wasn't the time to be reminiscing about the past. She needed to resume her purpose for hiking through the muddy aftermath of the previous storms wrath. Finally after many annoying slips, she had made it to her prize. A small dark green plant with no striking appearance was settled at her feet.
It was known as Ashitaba, and it was something the village of Edo desperately needed. The farm animals had been infected with some sort of sickness causing a massive food poisoning epidemic throughout the village. The plant was known for it's healing properties such as healing wounds faster, curing bouts of diarrhea, and also easing the symptoms of food poisoning itself.
Crouching down she started plucking the plant vigorously. She didn't care about leaving it bare, it was after all, known as the tomorrow plant. When damaged the plant has the remarkable ability to regrow sprouts by the next day.
Kagome put the herbs back into her herb bag and made her way down the slope. She was on her way back to the village when she finally gave up and headed towards the demon lords perch. She herself was burning with curiosity about him now.