Same disclaimers as always. I'm posting a chapter or two a day if I can, so they're staying short. I'm about two thirds done though…Maybe. I kinda had inspiration strike me last night as I did the dishes, so when I finish this I'll ask your opinion on a continuation…

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~The Elemental.

Walk through the Fire.

Chapter Five:

Battle Wounds and Healing.

Saturn groaned and looked up into the purple-ish canopy over her head. She had to be alive still. From her memories of death, she knew one thing for certain. You didn't feel pain. At least not in the physical sense.

She healed her ribs with a thought, thankful of her combined Senshi healing and her natural talents that allowed her to do so. Sitting up, she surveyed her surroundings.

She was under a tree she would have called a willow, except for the undeniable fact that it was a green-ish purple colour. And as nice as it was, Saturn knew there weren't any purple trees on Earth. Her other hint might have been the blue and red grass, but who could say for certain?

A low moan to her left made her jump and re-assess what she had originally believed to be a stone. Her moss green black and tan stone shifted slowly and Saturn realized it was human, and alive. Though barely…. She moved slowly to his side. It had to be a boy…Even if he did have a braid that probably reached to his butt.

Actually seeing him up close made Saturn shudder. He had a large gash that was seeping blood onto the blanket of grass beneath him. His arm was obviously broken, probably in multiple places. That wasn't the worst of it. His face and hands were badly burnt and bleeding, and Saturn didn't even want to think of what the rest of him must look like under what remained of his uniform.

She reached over and laid a light hand on his shoulder. As light as her touch was, she still drew a shudder out of the boy…His eyelids twitched and he opened his eyes…

"Ouch…Who are you…?"

Saturn focused on his injuries. There'd be time for introductions later. The boy's eyes moved around frantically but the rest of his body stayed still.

"Where?… Heero?… Guys?" Looking at the lavender canopy of branches around him, he shut his eyes…Only to open them a moment later. "What are you doing?…Am I dead?…" He felt the bones in his arm shift painfully and he cried out, but realized with a start that they'd been set back in place and healed. He looked up into the face of the strange girl who had to be the cause of all this. "Are you…An angel?"

"No."

He felt a sudden flash of pain as his collarbones began to set and passed out.

Saturn sat back on her heels. Can you imagine? He thought I was an angel. He probably hit his head or something…I'm nothing near an angel. She'd done all she could for the boy. Now she could only wait. A flash of light made her realize that she'd de-transformed and was back in her regular clothes, Hotaru once again. Hotaru stood and swayed. Everything seemed to be coloured in shades of gray and she felt fuzzy, muddled. With the sound of her blood rushing to her head, she crumpled in a heap, her last thought cursing her weak body and her need to spend so much energy in healing.

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Chapter six'll be up by Sunday at the latest. Expect it on Friday night with chapter seven if I get another review though. PLEASE R&R! Thanks!

I am the Breeze of Wisdom and the Wind of Insanity

~The Elemental.