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Chapter 10: Fevered Dreams
The next evening, the group made it back to the village safely. They were all tired and exhausted and just wanted to collapse right there on the floor of Kaede's hut. Kaede tended to the injuries of the few who were injured.
As she examined and treated Gee's many bruises and wounds, Kaede came across scratch on the girl's back. "Gee, did Sesshomaru scratch you at all?" The girl nodded slowly. "Oh dear."
"What's the matter Kaede?" The aged miko face turned pale. "Kaede? What's the matter?"
"I'm afraid that you might not live much longer. You have been scratched by Sesshomaru's poisonous claws." Gee turned whiter than Kaede.
"I'm going to die?" The miko nodded slowly. "How long do you I have?"
"I do not know. Your youkai blood slows the poison down and if your lucky, it might kill the poison before it kills you. You must lay down and rest." Gee laid down on the futon as Kaede left the hut to get some water.
Kurama came into the hut a few seconds later looking concerned. "Gee, we just saw Kaede. She looked pale and worried. Is something the matter?"
Gee looked up at his handsome face. "Kurama, Sesshomaru managed to scratch me at his palace. It turns out his claws are poisonous and I might die if my youkai blood doesn't kill it." Kurama's face became pale.
"Don't look so worried Kurama. I'm sure I'll be fine." Her hand reached up to caress his cheek. She felt a sudden wave of dizziness pass through her and closed her eyes shut. Heat was filling her body like an inferno. Her breathing became pants and sweat began to fall from her forehead.
Kurama's mouth was moving but she didn't hear his words. Her heartbeat drowned out his voice. Her vision became clouded and hazy. Then she began to sink into complete darkness.
Kurama kept yelling at Gee to wake up but it was no use. He saw her go limp as she became unconscious. Kaede came in and pushed him out of the hut so she could treat Gee. Everyone surrounded him trying to get him to tell them what was the matter with her but he was too shocked to speak.
'She might die.' That was the only thought that was going through his mind at that moment. He broke away from the group and sank onto a nearby log staring at the ground.
Yusuke walked up beside him. "What's the matter with Gee, Kurama?"
"She might die." And that was all he said before a single tear slid down his cheek. Yusuke gave a surprised 'oh' before getting up to leave the boy alone to cry silent tears.
****In Gee's Head****
"Rio, take your sister and run. Don't come back for us." The bleeding man pleaded to his daughter to get her to understand. The girl nodded to her father before taking the hand of the girl beside her and running out the back door of the house and headed toward the nearby forest.
As the girls reached the edge of the woods, gunshots could be heard coming from the house. Rio stopped and turned backed to the house. Dark figures exited the house though the back door and were heading in their direction. She grabbed her sisters hand again and took off into the woods.
They ran and ran until they reached the fence that surrounded the property. Another gunshot was fired and a searing pain coursed through her left shoulder. She turned her head left and right to tell her sister to run. But she was gone.
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"PHOENIX!" Gee bolted upright from her fevered dream. A cold sweat covered her body and tears streaked her face. Kaede came running to her side with a lantern and took the frightened girl in her arms.
"It's okay, ye is fine." She rocked the child back and forth trying to get her to quiet down. "Does ye wish to see Kurama?" The girl shook her head no. Gee like the feeling of being held by someone other then a lover. It was comforting.
Kaede kept rocking Gee back and forth until she was sure she was asleep. She gently laid her back down on the bed a covered her back up in the blanket. She kissed the girl's forehead and went back to her bed, glad that she saved the life of another.
Chapter 10: Fevered Dreams
The next evening, the group made it back to the village safely. They were all tired and exhausted and just wanted to collapse right there on the floor of Kaede's hut. Kaede tended to the injuries of the few who were injured.
As she examined and treated Gee's many bruises and wounds, Kaede came across scratch on the girl's back. "Gee, did Sesshomaru scratch you at all?" The girl nodded slowly. "Oh dear."
"What's the matter Kaede?" The aged miko face turned pale. "Kaede? What's the matter?"
"I'm afraid that you might not live much longer. You have been scratched by Sesshomaru's poisonous claws." Gee turned whiter than Kaede.
"I'm going to die?" The miko nodded slowly. "How long do you I have?"
"I do not know. Your youkai blood slows the poison down and if your lucky, it might kill the poison before it kills you. You must lay down and rest." Gee laid down on the futon as Kaede left the hut to get some water.
Kurama came into the hut a few seconds later looking concerned. "Gee, we just saw Kaede. She looked pale and worried. Is something the matter?"
Gee looked up at his handsome face. "Kurama, Sesshomaru managed to scratch me at his palace. It turns out his claws are poisonous and I might die if my youkai blood doesn't kill it." Kurama's face became pale.
"Don't look so worried Kurama. I'm sure I'll be fine." Her hand reached up to caress his cheek. She felt a sudden wave of dizziness pass through her and closed her eyes shut. Heat was filling her body like an inferno. Her breathing became pants and sweat began to fall from her forehead.
Kurama's mouth was moving but she didn't hear his words. Her heartbeat drowned out his voice. Her vision became clouded and hazy. Then she began to sink into complete darkness.
Kurama kept yelling at Gee to wake up but it was no use. He saw her go limp as she became unconscious. Kaede came in and pushed him out of the hut so she could treat Gee. Everyone surrounded him trying to get him to tell them what was the matter with her but he was too shocked to speak.
'She might die.' That was the only thought that was going through his mind at that moment. He broke away from the group and sank onto a nearby log staring at the ground.
Yusuke walked up beside him. "What's the matter with Gee, Kurama?"
"She might die." And that was all he said before a single tear slid down his cheek. Yusuke gave a surprised 'oh' before getting up to leave the boy alone to cry silent tears.
****In Gee's Head****
"Rio, take your sister and run. Don't come back for us." The bleeding man pleaded to his daughter to get her to understand. The girl nodded to her father before taking the hand of the girl beside her and running out the back door of the house and headed toward the nearby forest.
As the girls reached the edge of the woods, gunshots could be heard coming from the house. Rio stopped and turned backed to the house. Dark figures exited the house though the back door and were heading in their direction. She grabbed her sisters hand again and took off into the woods.
They ran and ran until they reached the fence that surrounded the property. Another gunshot was fired and a searing pain coursed through her left shoulder. She turned her head left and right to tell her sister to run. But she was gone.
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"PHOENIX!" Gee bolted upright from her fevered dream. A cold sweat covered her body and tears streaked her face. Kaede came running to her side with a lantern and took the frightened girl in her arms.
"It's okay, ye is fine." She rocked the child back and forth trying to get her to quiet down. "Does ye wish to see Kurama?" The girl shook her head no. Gee like the feeling of being held by someone other then a lover. It was comforting.
Kaede kept rocking Gee back and forth until she was sure she was asleep. She gently laid her back down on the bed a covered her back up in the blanket. She kissed the girl's forehead and went back to her bed, glad that she saved the life of another.