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Part 6
Waking Moment
*Kurama*
'Pulse is normal. Breathing is normal. Temperature is abnormal but not life threatening. Now all I need is for her to regain consciousness so I can find out if anything else is wrong. Hopefully that doesn't happen soon. That would mean she's going into a more critical stage. I'd give her about a week and a half after that.' I thought. I went over her vital signs every hour or so. Nothing ever changed except for the fever.
I was bored. There where fifteen books total that I had found in this room. I didn't dare search the rest of this house. With Hiei living there, I was just slightly skeptical of what I might find. I had been here for about two weeks and I had read all of them. The only other thing I went searching for was food.
A groan from beside me caught my attention. Ryouki was waking up. Not good. This meant that things where about to get worse.
"Oh, my head." Ryouki's hand lifted and she gripped her forehead.
'Headache probably comes from the fever.' The thought flashed quickly.
"What happened?" Her eyes slowly opened and she looked at her surroundings.
'Loss of memory or confusion. Hard to explain. Many possibilities. Could be the fever.'
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Suspicion showed on her features.
"Calm down," I said gently. "I'm a friend of Hiei's. You've taken sick and he asked me for my help. I'm a healer of sorts. I suggest you take it easy for the time." I kept my voice low, knowing that a friendly voice might help her calm down.
"Where is he? My cousin?" She asked looking around for him.
"Let me explain. You've caught a rare sickness called ringaloore. The cure to it is in the ice fields. Hiei went there to search for it. He may be a while."
"How bad is this ringaloore?"
"If Hiei doesn't return in about two weeks, you'll," I broke off and swallowed, not wanting to tell her what I had to.
"I'll-" she prodded
"You'll die." I finished. Her eyes switched from my face to the ceiling. I hated myself for telling her but it was better for her to know the truth now then to get an unexpected and unpleasant surprise.
"How close is Hiei to the cure?"
"I'm not sure. He never specified."
She nodded and went back to staring at the ceiling.
'What can I do?' My thoughts started skipping around. 'All that I can do is wait. Hiei's success will cause her survival. She seems so young. In our terms, she's barely lived at all.' A tear slipped unbidden down my cheek. 'Botan, if you're listening, don't take her. Don't let her be your next victim.' More tears slid down my cheeks.
'Why am I showing such emotion? I never act this way. I don't even know this girl and I feel responsible for what has happened to her. What is wrong with me.' I struggled to gain control.
"What the-!" Thud! "Ouch."
"Are you alright?" Opening my eyes from my new position on the floor I looked up at Ryouki.
"I think." I groaned slightly. She then proceeded to laugh.
"I'm sorry." She gasped as I rolled off my back. "I didn't mean to startle you."
"What, may I ask, was that?"
"My sleeve." She was still trying to stop laughing. "I didn't think that drying your tears would scare you so bad." She finally regained control. "What's wrong?" Her expression changed to one of concern. "Don't tell me you're feeling sorry for me." I flinched at the accusation. "That's so."
'Here it comes. If she's anything like Hiei, she's going to say pathetic.'
"sweet."
'That was odd. Guess they're not that close of relations after all.'
"Kind of pathetic, but sweet nonetheless, considering you don't really know me." She yawned tiredly. "Ugh, blasted fever." She grumbled.
"Get some sleep. You're going to need your strength. The worst is yet to come." I warned her. She nodded her response and was almost instantly asleep. "Hurry, Hiei, please. Before it's too late." I whispered to no one in particular.
"Is speed really that important?" Again I tipped over in the chair I sat in from surprise. "It's only been two days. You seem jumpy today."
"Time in Makai passes differently than here." I reminded him as I pulled myself into my chair and ignored his other comment.
"Oh, I forgot."
"Apparently."
"Shut up. According to Yukina, we have about another two day's worth of travel left. As soon as I have the plant and Yukina's in a safe area, I'll be back. Keep her alive."
"Of course."
"How is she anyway? Her being awake is a good thing, isn't it?"
"I'm surprised. At first I thought she was getting worse but the fact that she was able to fall asleep so quickly changed my mind. Normally, someone with ringaloore will wake up once they get to a certain point in the ailment. She seems different though. If she where to the point I thought she was at, she would have had a bad case of insomnia. It appears that she fought her way awake. She could be on the mend but you still need to find that plant, just in case." I warned.
"That's good." He was silent for a moment, as if contemplating something, then, "by the way, Ryouki has more books in her room if you're tired of mine." With that Hiei was gone.
"His books?" I murmured. I looked at the meager stack. "He reads Shakespeare?" Pondering over this new little piece of information about him, I decided that I would never truly understand Hiei.
Part 6
Waking Moment
*Kurama*
'Pulse is normal. Breathing is normal. Temperature is abnormal but not life threatening. Now all I need is for her to regain consciousness so I can find out if anything else is wrong. Hopefully that doesn't happen soon. That would mean she's going into a more critical stage. I'd give her about a week and a half after that.' I thought. I went over her vital signs every hour or so. Nothing ever changed except for the fever.
I was bored. There where fifteen books total that I had found in this room. I didn't dare search the rest of this house. With Hiei living there, I was just slightly skeptical of what I might find. I had been here for about two weeks and I had read all of them. The only other thing I went searching for was food.
A groan from beside me caught my attention. Ryouki was waking up. Not good. This meant that things where about to get worse.
"Oh, my head." Ryouki's hand lifted and she gripped her forehead.
'Headache probably comes from the fever.' The thought flashed quickly.
"What happened?" Her eyes slowly opened and she looked at her surroundings.
'Loss of memory or confusion. Hard to explain. Many possibilities. Could be the fever.'
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Suspicion showed on her features.
"Calm down," I said gently. "I'm a friend of Hiei's. You've taken sick and he asked me for my help. I'm a healer of sorts. I suggest you take it easy for the time." I kept my voice low, knowing that a friendly voice might help her calm down.
"Where is he? My cousin?" She asked looking around for him.
"Let me explain. You've caught a rare sickness called ringaloore. The cure to it is in the ice fields. Hiei went there to search for it. He may be a while."
"How bad is this ringaloore?"
"If Hiei doesn't return in about two weeks, you'll," I broke off and swallowed, not wanting to tell her what I had to.
"I'll-" she prodded
"You'll die." I finished. Her eyes switched from my face to the ceiling. I hated myself for telling her but it was better for her to know the truth now then to get an unexpected and unpleasant surprise.
"How close is Hiei to the cure?"
"I'm not sure. He never specified."
She nodded and went back to staring at the ceiling.
'What can I do?' My thoughts started skipping around. 'All that I can do is wait. Hiei's success will cause her survival. She seems so young. In our terms, she's barely lived at all.' A tear slipped unbidden down my cheek. 'Botan, if you're listening, don't take her. Don't let her be your next victim.' More tears slid down my cheeks.
'Why am I showing such emotion? I never act this way. I don't even know this girl and I feel responsible for what has happened to her. What is wrong with me.' I struggled to gain control.
"What the-!" Thud! "Ouch."
"Are you alright?" Opening my eyes from my new position on the floor I looked up at Ryouki.
"I think." I groaned slightly. She then proceeded to laugh.
"I'm sorry." She gasped as I rolled off my back. "I didn't mean to startle you."
"What, may I ask, was that?"
"My sleeve." She was still trying to stop laughing. "I didn't think that drying your tears would scare you so bad." She finally regained control. "What's wrong?" Her expression changed to one of concern. "Don't tell me you're feeling sorry for me." I flinched at the accusation. "That's so."
'Here it comes. If she's anything like Hiei, she's going to say pathetic.'
"sweet."
'That was odd. Guess they're not that close of relations after all.'
"Kind of pathetic, but sweet nonetheless, considering you don't really know me." She yawned tiredly. "Ugh, blasted fever." She grumbled.
"Get some sleep. You're going to need your strength. The worst is yet to come." I warned her. She nodded her response and was almost instantly asleep. "Hurry, Hiei, please. Before it's too late." I whispered to no one in particular.
"Is speed really that important?" Again I tipped over in the chair I sat in from surprise. "It's only been two days. You seem jumpy today."
"Time in Makai passes differently than here." I reminded him as I pulled myself into my chair and ignored his other comment.
"Oh, I forgot."
"Apparently."
"Shut up. According to Yukina, we have about another two day's worth of travel left. As soon as I have the plant and Yukina's in a safe area, I'll be back. Keep her alive."
"Of course."
"How is she anyway? Her being awake is a good thing, isn't it?"
"I'm surprised. At first I thought she was getting worse but the fact that she was able to fall asleep so quickly changed my mind. Normally, someone with ringaloore will wake up once they get to a certain point in the ailment. She seems different though. If she where to the point I thought she was at, she would have had a bad case of insomnia. It appears that she fought her way awake. She could be on the mend but you still need to find that plant, just in case." I warned.
"That's good." He was silent for a moment, as if contemplating something, then, "by the way, Ryouki has more books in her room if you're tired of mine." With that Hiei was gone.
"His books?" I murmured. I looked at the meager stack. "He reads Shakespeare?" Pondering over this new little piece of information about him, I decided that I would never truly understand Hiei.