Scripture 7: His Warm Aura

I had no idea what the hell Kish was thinking!

First he saved me from Wrath and I run away as my repayment to him. Then I made sure that my dark aura was really low and he still found me! He surprised the crap out of me when he suddenly appeared, finding me before onee did. Then he tells me no harm and he goes off to get a first aid kit! That little brat is weird. But with nothing else better to do, I stayed where I was and waited. When he came back with a first aid kit, he was surprised I stayed where I was.

"Sano..." he breathed out, surprised. He pushed the first aid kit in and then crawled in. "You stayed."

I reminded him, "You did run off before I could stop you. I can hardly move so what other choice do I have." That was partially a lie and partially the truth. I can hardly move but if I really wanted to, I can but it will be painful. "But don't get any bright ideas!" I told him quickly. "Because there is no way that I'm going back to that man!" Then he laughed. I looked at him in surprise and he was laughing. Was it something I said?

"I don't expect that," he said after calming down. I raised a brow at him as he opened the white first aid kit and he started to rummage through it. All the while, I was still confused.

But then I noticed something. As he was rummaging, I saw something on his head. I saw a black and purple bruise and some drops of blood. It was near the hair line so his hair was pretty much covering it but that looked a really bad wound. Not life threatening, if treated early. Did my brother hit him or was it onee? It looked pretty fresh and I was sure that he didn't have that when he found me the first time. But he did take a while to come back...How far is their base from us?

Kish took out a black bottle that the label said is called 'Hydrogen peroxide.' I never heard of that but as he poured it on a white clothe, he started dabbing it on my wound and it stung.

"OUCH!!!" I screamed as I felt the sizzling sensation of it. I pulled my shoulder back and asked, "What the hell is that?! It hurts!!"

He only said, "I'm sorry but it's supposed to help." He shows me the label in case I didn't see it and he explains, "It's called Hydrogen Peroxide. It's a very popular earth product that helps kill germs on wounds."

"It's the worst earth product I think!" I told him. "I'm surprised that you even have this stuff. Hasn't earth been on the verge of extinction for months now?"

"It stings, yes," he says, ignoring my question of how he got it. "But it keeps the wound from getting infected."

All I said was, "It it works so well then why not use it on your wound?" He looked at me confused and surprised when I said that.

"What wound?"

I raised my good arm and my hand reached for his hair. He winced when I just barely touch his skin and I told him, "This wound."

Then he moves my hand and says, "It's only a bruise. Hydrogen peroxide doesn't work on bruises. Only open cuts." Then his eyes widen before I could mention that his bruise is slightly bleeding. He gasps in realization and he says, "I am so sorry but hydrogen peroxide doesn't work on burns. I need an ice pack!" When I heard that, I was shocked. Then I got angry.

He started rummaging through his first aid kit again and I asked him, "I just went through that pain for nothing?!" He jumped when I yelled and he bowed to me a moment later. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Then he sat up and continued to look through his kit. As he was doing that, my eyes haven't left his bruise. It was really starting to bother me and I knew that I will regret this later.

I raised up my good hand and I gently touched his bruise. He had a white bag in his hand when he winced from my touch. "Sano?" he asked. "What are you doing?"

"You're half of what I am," I muttered. He stared at me, surprised to hear that.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. If I remember from past experiences, my hand would glow green as my powers were working on him. From his silence, I guessed that my healing powers must be working but I only had so little left. When I was on empty, I stopped and pulled my hand away. I leaned back on the ruins and I was panting. I opened my eyes and looked back at Kish. He was surprised as he gently touched his wound and he didn't wince when he just barely touch it. When he pulled his hand back, his dried blood was on them. From my point of view, it looked better and less life threatening. Now he only has a purple and green bruise on his head. I could tell that he was confused by what just happened.

"Just because we're demons, doesn't mean that we can't heal," I told him. He looked back at me and I was taking a moment of breath. I was tired but I explained, "People like me, we have the power to heal. Hits from humans can be healed instantly. Purer attacks like when that black angel attacked Greed and Sloth, take a little longer to heal but attacks from our own kind take a lot of power to heal. You're at least half of what I am so I guess my powers work on you but since you're half angel, I was unable to heal your wound complete. Judging by how it was able to heal as much as it did means that you were attacked by a human." I looked at him for a reaction and he was only stunned by what I said. From that alone, I could see that I was right.

But then he changed the subject. "Was that why you were resting here? You were trying to gather your energy to heal your own wound."

"Kind of," I answered, allowing the subject to be changed. "I was also waiting for onee. While I was resting, I figured that if I healed my self, even a little bit it could lessen the chance of onee having a complete heart attack when she sees me like this." Then I realized what I just said. I quickly told him, "Onee didn't abandon me! She's just delayed with treating Greed and Sloth. Your black angel friend did attack them and her heavenly powers are like poison."

"I believe you."

I was surprised to hear that. When I looked at him, he looked...sad. He still held that white bag and I saw the label say 'instant ice pack'. He turned to the side so that his back was leaning against the wall. I was curious on what he meant so I looked and I saw his reason. He still explained it to me.

"On the way here, I saw mama and papa fighting and mama looked really sad. She was sad because Wrath left her and you were missing." When he said that, I also knew that he was only sad because onee no longer cares for him.

"You're crazy!" I told him. He only lifted his eyes up to look at me as I reminded him, "Onee is not your mama anymore. She's my older sister! She doesn't even remember you so stop feeling such idiotic feelings towards her. You're acting really selfish because everyone thinks you're the most precious thing in the world and when one person doesn't care anymore, you act like the world is going to end!"

Then I heard whimpering.

I looked back at him and he was crying. Tears were running down his face and he was looking back at the ground. "You're right," he told me. "I'm nothing more than a spoiled brat." He tried to wipe his tears away but they just kept coming. As I saw them, I suddenly felt really guilty. It was like as those tears dripped to the floor, my heart fell with them. It hurt seeing him like that. Then I didn't know what happened after that.

I reached for him and I put one hand on his shoulder, my bad hand. I ignored the pain in my shoulder as I pulled him towards me. He was surprised as well as I let him lean on me. I leaned my chin on the top of his head and I just let that one moment last.

"Sano..." he asked, confused.

"Just be quiet," I told him. "And cry. You want to cry, right?" He didn't say anything or motion his head to answer. He only clung to me and started to cry. He wailed and sob and I did was keep my arm on him to pull him close. It was weird though. In the beginning, I hated this child. Or maybe not in the very beginning when I didn't think that big brother would put him in first place with Ichigo. I only started to hate Kish when big brother gave him the attention I desperately wanted from him. Then I left because I wanted to kill both him and big brother. I almost succeeded too. I even left him after he saved me from Wrath's rage.

After a few minutes, he cried himself to sleep. When I wondered when the last time he slept, I got my answer that he only slept for about an hour before he came to find me. He apparently had a nightmare about me and that was what motivated him to come look for me. Maybe I was too harsh on him when I said that he was selfish. I don't know. I'm not really good at this kind of stuff. I am after all only nine years old and yet I have a mind of an unsocial,l clueless teenager.

I decided to let him sleep since he has been through a lot in these past couple of days. So did I and I was ready to fall asleep myself. Maybe I could save some more energy for my burn by resting. Besides, there was one more thing I noticed when I held Kish. I noticed that I felt warm and at peace. It could be because he's half angel and I was getting comforted by that warm aura but it also felt like little by little, I felt my powers returning. But it felt like only a half percent of my power was returning every three minutes. It was better than nothing. I soon closed my eyes and fell into consciousness.