Hi! I'm updating early! Aren't you glad?
Why, you ask?
Well . .*sweat drops* . .um . ..I have an eye doctor appointment on Saturday and I'm kinda worried about my eyes cuz I see funky stuff and I'm worried that I have a disease or tumor or something. -_-u
So even if I do go blind, you'll know what happens to our favorite characters!! ^-^
Sensei: You overreact.
Cheeto: You know what, shuddup! I can worry about my eyes if I want! You can't be an author if your blind, dummyhead!!
Sensei: -_-
Cheeto: Anyways, I got DDR Max 2!! So spiffy!! So fun! But I'm out of shape so I'm on light! -_-
I can do standard though!!! Well, some . . .
But anyways, story is winding down . . .yeah. I love this story so much, I don't want it to end!! *cries* But I will, indeed, (if I'm not blind) continue my writing of fanfictions. I already have another in the works now, but this one's pure humor!^-^
But anyway, on with the story!
*~Chapter Seventeen~*
Yusuke opened his eyes slowly, blinking in annoyance of the bright lights. Whispering invaded his ears and he rolled over, bunching the covers over his head to filter out the sound.
"Yusuke? Are you awake?" Keiko's sweet voice came to his ears, but he just curled up in a tight cover-ball.
"Leamee alone." A muffled reply rose from the lump. She raised an eyebrow and shook him. Gaining no response, she took a corner of the blanket and ripped it off. Yusuke lay still for a moment, one hand reaching out to try and find the missing covers. After finding none, he sat up, annoyed.
"What?!" he expected to be in his room, Atsuko standing over him, ready to bean him with his book bag for sleeping in. Instead he saw Keiko, and he was definitely not in his room. Everything came rushing back to him.
"Shit." He muttered, grabbing Keiko by the arms. "He didn't hu8rt you did he? He didn't . .?" Yusuke swallowed hard at the prospects of what that psycho could have done to her.
"No, Yusuke, I'm fine." She smiled and hugged him tightly. "Thanks to you. I was really worried when you didn't wake up the first day."
The punk scratched his head. "How many days have I been out?"
"Three days."
"Three days?!" Yusuke cried, "But I killed him, right?! Why the heck did I pass out?!"
"I don't know." The girl tapped her chin, "There was an explosion or something-"
"It was a shockwave." They both turned to the door. Kurama stood leaning heavily against the doorframe, face contorted in pain, an arm cast protectively over the blood bandages around his middle.
"Kurama, if Botan finds out you're up already . ." Shippo said nervously from behind him, following Kurama into the room as the elder fox sat down wearily.
"It's alright Shippo."
"How you doing, Kurama?" Yusuke asked worriedly as he looked at the fox's wound. The bandages stretched from the top of his ribs down past his navel, and were soaked through with blood.
"A little worse for wear, but I'll survive." He grimaced in pain. "The shockwave was Ketsueki's dying attack. It did little damage, but did knock you and Inuyasha out for quite some time."
"How about the others? Are they okay? Is Kuwabara still . .?" His mind flashed back to when Kuwabara slid to the ground, hair white as a sheet and wrinkles a dozen facelifts couldn't fix.
"When Ketsueki died, whatever he did to Kuwabara reversed. He's as normal as someone like him gets." As if one cue, Kuwabara burst into the room, wrapped head to toe in bandages, thanks to Kurama's plant.
"Urameshi!" A wide grin filled the red head's face as he ran over, giving the other boy a noogie. "Don't scare me like that you punk!" He looked up at Kurama, grinning.
"Hey Kurama! I been waiting like forever for you guys to wake up!" he studied the demon for a moment. "You sure you're okay, you don't look so good."
"He's right Kurama, you look awful." Keiko murmured as she placed a hand on his shoulder. He was ghostly pale from blood loss and his hands where shaking.
"I'll be fine in a few days." Keiko looked at him doubtingly. "You should go and rest."
"Yes, I suppose. If Botan finds out that I'm up already-"
"There you are!" A voice shrieked from behind him. The fox winced, not having to turn around to know who the voice belonged to. Botan stomped up to look him square in the face.
"What have I told you about getting up before you've healed?! I swear, you're impossible! Well you're going right back to bed mister, and you aren't moving until-" While ranting, Botan had grabbed one of his fox ears, hauling Kurama out of the room.
The second the two left, the group burst into laughter. "Couples' counseling anyone?" Yusuke snickered, then looked around, frowning. "Hey, where's Hiei?"
"Yukina's with him, she says he's going to wake up soon." Kuwabara frowned and crossed his arms. "If I wasn't so sure my Yukina is so totally and deeply in love with me, I'd think something was going on."
***
Sango was unwrapping a few of her wounds and examining them, trying to judge the severity. Miroku peeked in the doorway, smiling. "Sango, how are you?"
"Fine." She glared at him, her face a perfect poker. No, she hadn't forgotten the situation after the fire.
"Need some help?" *Well, this is turning into a perfect deja vu.* "No."
"I won't ask you to take of your shirt this time."
"No."
"Or anything else." She eyed him warily. The monk grinned sheepishly. "Alright, but if you make one advance . ."
"I won't, scout's honor." Sango raised an eyebrow.
"What's a scout?" The monk shrugged.
"I don't know, Kagome says it a lot." He sat down across from her, taking her arm and gently beginning to wrap a puncture hole near her wrist. He worked meticulously, not allowing his hands or eyes to stray.
"I heard you helped me, when I was down." He nodded and tied a small bow, securing the bandage. He was gentle, as he had been before, and careful. She watched him, opening her mouth again, struggling for words.
"I heard you were injured because of me." He looked up, bringing their faces centimeters apart.
"No big deal."
They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Miroku moved forward and Sango's eyelid's dropped half way, waiting for him to kiss her. He stopped millimeters away from her lips.
"I need to check on Inuyasha." He was so close, she could almost feel his lips brush hers. With that, he stood, leaving the girl in her rapture. She blinked and watched him leave. *I don't mind those kinds of advances!*
***
Yukina rocked back on her heels, exhausted. She had worked tirelessly to raise Hiei's body temperature, as long as it took. If she rose it to slowly he would die of hypothermia, and if she raised it to quickly he would go into an even deeper state of shock and die.
Wiping her brow, she sighed. Finally she had gotten him stabilized, and it looked like he would pull through. She watched as he began to stir, then sat up.
"Brother, you're awake!" she exclaimed in happiness. His eyes widened at the title. *Brother? Who told her?! It better have not been that ferry girl-*
She was watching him, concern clouding her features. "Hiei . .why didn't you tell me?" The simple question sent him struggling for an answer. He had always told the others it was for her protection, that his enemies would come after her if she knew.
But that was only part of the story.
"I . .I was afraid." He stuttered, turning away from the crimson eyes that mirrored his own, unable to look at her. "I was afraid . .afraid of rejection. I was afraid that if you knew that your 'wonderful' brother was a murderer and a thief. . ." he stopped, choking on his own words.
He turned back to her, daring to meet her sweet eyes with his haunted ones, betraying emotion that he had never before revealed.
"I didn't want to disappoint you." His eyes quickly diverted down, afraid of her reaction.
There was silence between them for a few moments, and Hiei cursed himself. How had he expected her to react?! Defeated, all his desperate hopes shattered, he began to get to his feet.
Suddenly, her arms flew around him, holding him tightly, clutching him if she were afraid he'd vanish.
"Hiei, you're my brother. I love you. I love you no matter what." She looked at him, small stones dropping from her eyes. Taking his hands in her tiny ones, holding them tenderly, she forced his eyes to meet hers. "You've always looked out for me, been there for me. You could never disappoint me. Never. I don't care what you've done."
She smiled delicately, biting her lip as if she were reluctant to tell him something. "When I was looking for my brother, when you were . . .I'd always hoped that . . .he'd be just like you."
The words struck home. Hiei looked down at his little sister, not able to conceal his shock as she wrapped her arms around him once again. He returned the embrace wholeheartedly, feeling as if the weight of the world had just fallen off his shoulders.
"I've finally found you." She whispered and he smiled, fully, an expression that was so foreign on his face. For the first time, he was truly happy.
"Yukina!" Kuwabara stood in the doorway, shocked at the sight of his girlfriend in the arms of another man. Especially since that man happened to be Hiei. "How could you do this to me, sugar plumb?"
She smiled and pulled away from the fire demon, going over to Kuwabara.
"Kazuma, I"d like you to meet my brother."
"WHAT?!" Kuwabara promptly passed out.
"Oh, Kazuma!"
"Imbecile."
***
Kagome wrung out a small cloth into a bowl and replaced it on Inuyasha's head, sinking deep into her thoughts. After the final explosion, after Inuyasha and Yusuke had been thrown back, they had struggled to get all the wounded out of the field. Thankfully, Miroku had woken up and was able to contact Hachi, which had made their trip much easier. The racoon had transformed and flew them all to Kaede's, where she 'politely requested' the use of one of the villagers houses residing in her town. Of course they didn't refuse.
They had been caring for their friends the past few days, Kagome becoming worried after Inuyasha hadn't woken up the first. But she heard that Yusuke was up, so maybe . . .
She snapped from her thoughts as she felt the dog demon move. His eyes opened and he sat up hurriedly, his eyes darting about.
"It's okay, Inuyasha, Ketsueki's dead."
"Kagome?" He looked at her for a moment, then quickly cast his eyes down. She understood, it was bizarre how much she and Kikyo looked alike.
Suddenly, she wanted to leave. It was her fault. Everything was her fault. Kikyo leaving . .Kagome wanted nothing more than to make it all go away. To take the pain away that showed in Inuyasha's eyes. She should have just stayed in her own time, maybe if she had . . .
Kagome suddenly realized she was crying and raised a hand to wipe her eyes.
"What the heck is wrong with you?!" he demanded, but she wouldn't look at him.
"Come on, don't cry! What did I do now?"
"You jerk." He gently tipped her face up to look at him, his expression stern.
"Why are you crying." He demanded. Tears streamed down her face as she held back another sob.
"It's my fault. It's all my fault Kikyo left." She took a shuddering breath. "You should go find her, so you two can be happy together and I'll go back to my time. . ."
"It isn't your fault." He said, cutting her off. "I finally realized . . ." He struggled for words.
"Kikyo is the past, and if you try to hold onto the past, you get lost in it, and forget about the future. It was my decision to let her go, to let go of my past, and try to move on. I'll always love her, and I'll always miss her. But maybe you . .and I . .can have a future . .together?"
Kagome blinked, tears long forgotten. *That's the sweetest thing he's ever said. I think that's the only sweet thing he's ever said.*
"Why are you staring at me?" She pushed forward, bringing her lips to his. He was startled for a moment, then kissed her back. Maybe they could be together, maybe . . .
"Am I interrupting something?" They broke away and glared at a very embarrassed Miroku.
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE YOU PERVERT?!"
"It was an accident, I swear!"
"GET BACK HERE!"
***
"Kurama, if you keep pushing your luck you're going to kill yourself!" Botan shouted worriedly as he sat down, exhausted. "Your wounds are still mostly open and if you put strain on them they'll tear open and kill you!"
"Please, Botan, lower your voice." The fox said, cradling his head, ears pressed flat in pain. The girl knelt next to him, gently touching his cheek.
"Is your head still bothering you?" He looked at her, eyebrow raised. *Isn't that the understatement of the year.* It was like the worst hangover he had ever had, which you can imagine is pretty bad, multiplied endlessly, along with the feeling of being beaten over the head with a cinder block.
"I take that as a yes. Do you want me to heal it for you?" He smiled slightly and shook his head then grimaced, that not proving to be the most intelligent of actions. After all the healing she had been doing recently, he was more worried about her welfare than his migraine.
"Don't worry about me. It takes more than a few scratches to kill Youko Kurama." She smiled, but bit her lip. They both knew how close he was to death when Kagome handed her that Shikon shard. She tapped his nose playfully and grinned.
"Maybe, but don't refer to yourself in the third person, it makes you sound snobbish." She smiled and circled around behind him. "Now stay still, I have to remove the bandages."
She gently began unwrapping his wound, eyes dark, but somewhat relieved. After the first day, Botan noticed that thought the sacred jewel was keeping the fox alive, it was preventing him from healing. She had summoned Yukina and removed the jewel, both of the girl's flooding the fox's body with energy.
Surprised at how much healing energy they actually had, the two had been able to heal two of the center gashes. After that, Kaede had grabbed a thick needle and string, and sown up the other three, much to Kurama's discomfort.
The fact that he healed incredibly quickly helped too.
She gently traced the one of the outer ones, healing energy trickling from her and into the wound. Thick black thread crisscrossed across the wounds, holding them together, blood seeping through the small openings.
Re-wrapping his chest and back in clean bandages, Botan ordered Kurama to lay down. He complied, wincing in pain as his injuries came into contact with the bed. She got up to leave, but Kurama gently caught her wrist.
"Don't leave." He murmured. She looked at him curiously and sat down, lacing her fingers with his. She stayed with him until he fell into a light sleep and past, not knowing why she lingered, but she did.
Cheeto: *munches carrot.* Aww! Wasn't that so sweet?! I love fluff! *gushes*
Sensei: You? Fluff?
Cheeto: Yeah! *Munches more carrots*
Sensei: You sneer at people when they cry, you roll your eyes at mushy stuff, and you play red rover in wall mart!
Cheeto: Yeah, your right. *Eats more carrots.*
Sensei: Why are you eating carrots?
Cheeto: They improve your eyesight!! GIVE ME CARROTS, I WILL NOT BE BLIND!!
*Stuffs face full of carrots*
Sensei: -_- review! Still one chap left and credits (if Cheeto doesn't go blind), so review!!
Why, you ask?
Well . .*sweat drops* . .um . ..I have an eye doctor appointment on Saturday and I'm kinda worried about my eyes cuz I see funky stuff and I'm worried that I have a disease or tumor or something. -_-u
So even if I do go blind, you'll know what happens to our favorite characters!! ^-^
Sensei: You overreact.
Cheeto: You know what, shuddup! I can worry about my eyes if I want! You can't be an author if your blind, dummyhead!!
Sensei: -_-
Cheeto: Anyways, I got DDR Max 2!! So spiffy!! So fun! But I'm out of shape so I'm on light! -_-
I can do standard though!!! Well, some . . .
But anyways, story is winding down . . .yeah. I love this story so much, I don't want it to end!! *cries* But I will, indeed, (if I'm not blind) continue my writing of fanfictions. I already have another in the works now, but this one's pure humor!^-^
But anyway, on with the story!
*~Chapter Seventeen~*
Yusuke opened his eyes slowly, blinking in annoyance of the bright lights. Whispering invaded his ears and he rolled over, bunching the covers over his head to filter out the sound.
"Yusuke? Are you awake?" Keiko's sweet voice came to his ears, but he just curled up in a tight cover-ball.
"Leamee alone." A muffled reply rose from the lump. She raised an eyebrow and shook him. Gaining no response, she took a corner of the blanket and ripped it off. Yusuke lay still for a moment, one hand reaching out to try and find the missing covers. After finding none, he sat up, annoyed.
"What?!" he expected to be in his room, Atsuko standing over him, ready to bean him with his book bag for sleeping in. Instead he saw Keiko, and he was definitely not in his room. Everything came rushing back to him.
"Shit." He muttered, grabbing Keiko by the arms. "He didn't hu8rt you did he? He didn't . .?" Yusuke swallowed hard at the prospects of what that psycho could have done to her.
"No, Yusuke, I'm fine." She smiled and hugged him tightly. "Thanks to you. I was really worried when you didn't wake up the first day."
The punk scratched his head. "How many days have I been out?"
"Three days."
"Three days?!" Yusuke cried, "But I killed him, right?! Why the heck did I pass out?!"
"I don't know." The girl tapped her chin, "There was an explosion or something-"
"It was a shockwave." They both turned to the door. Kurama stood leaning heavily against the doorframe, face contorted in pain, an arm cast protectively over the blood bandages around his middle.
"Kurama, if Botan finds out you're up already . ." Shippo said nervously from behind him, following Kurama into the room as the elder fox sat down wearily.
"It's alright Shippo."
"How you doing, Kurama?" Yusuke asked worriedly as he looked at the fox's wound. The bandages stretched from the top of his ribs down past his navel, and were soaked through with blood.
"A little worse for wear, but I'll survive." He grimaced in pain. "The shockwave was Ketsueki's dying attack. It did little damage, but did knock you and Inuyasha out for quite some time."
"How about the others? Are they okay? Is Kuwabara still . .?" His mind flashed back to when Kuwabara slid to the ground, hair white as a sheet and wrinkles a dozen facelifts couldn't fix.
"When Ketsueki died, whatever he did to Kuwabara reversed. He's as normal as someone like him gets." As if one cue, Kuwabara burst into the room, wrapped head to toe in bandages, thanks to Kurama's plant.
"Urameshi!" A wide grin filled the red head's face as he ran over, giving the other boy a noogie. "Don't scare me like that you punk!" He looked up at Kurama, grinning.
"Hey Kurama! I been waiting like forever for you guys to wake up!" he studied the demon for a moment. "You sure you're okay, you don't look so good."
"He's right Kurama, you look awful." Keiko murmured as she placed a hand on his shoulder. He was ghostly pale from blood loss and his hands where shaking.
"I'll be fine in a few days." Keiko looked at him doubtingly. "You should go and rest."
"Yes, I suppose. If Botan finds out that I'm up already-"
"There you are!" A voice shrieked from behind him. The fox winced, not having to turn around to know who the voice belonged to. Botan stomped up to look him square in the face.
"What have I told you about getting up before you've healed?! I swear, you're impossible! Well you're going right back to bed mister, and you aren't moving until-" While ranting, Botan had grabbed one of his fox ears, hauling Kurama out of the room.
The second the two left, the group burst into laughter. "Couples' counseling anyone?" Yusuke snickered, then looked around, frowning. "Hey, where's Hiei?"
"Yukina's with him, she says he's going to wake up soon." Kuwabara frowned and crossed his arms. "If I wasn't so sure my Yukina is so totally and deeply in love with me, I'd think something was going on."
***
Sango was unwrapping a few of her wounds and examining them, trying to judge the severity. Miroku peeked in the doorway, smiling. "Sango, how are you?"
"Fine." She glared at him, her face a perfect poker. No, she hadn't forgotten the situation after the fire.
"Need some help?" *Well, this is turning into a perfect deja vu.* "No."
"I won't ask you to take of your shirt this time."
"No."
"Or anything else." She eyed him warily. The monk grinned sheepishly. "Alright, but if you make one advance . ."
"I won't, scout's honor." Sango raised an eyebrow.
"What's a scout?" The monk shrugged.
"I don't know, Kagome says it a lot." He sat down across from her, taking her arm and gently beginning to wrap a puncture hole near her wrist. He worked meticulously, not allowing his hands or eyes to stray.
"I heard you helped me, when I was down." He nodded and tied a small bow, securing the bandage. He was gentle, as he had been before, and careful. She watched him, opening her mouth again, struggling for words.
"I heard you were injured because of me." He looked up, bringing their faces centimeters apart.
"No big deal."
They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Miroku moved forward and Sango's eyelid's dropped half way, waiting for him to kiss her. He stopped millimeters away from her lips.
"I need to check on Inuyasha." He was so close, she could almost feel his lips brush hers. With that, he stood, leaving the girl in her rapture. She blinked and watched him leave. *I don't mind those kinds of advances!*
***
Yukina rocked back on her heels, exhausted. She had worked tirelessly to raise Hiei's body temperature, as long as it took. If she rose it to slowly he would die of hypothermia, and if she raised it to quickly he would go into an even deeper state of shock and die.
Wiping her brow, she sighed. Finally she had gotten him stabilized, and it looked like he would pull through. She watched as he began to stir, then sat up.
"Brother, you're awake!" she exclaimed in happiness. His eyes widened at the title. *Brother? Who told her?! It better have not been that ferry girl-*
She was watching him, concern clouding her features. "Hiei . .why didn't you tell me?" The simple question sent him struggling for an answer. He had always told the others it was for her protection, that his enemies would come after her if she knew.
But that was only part of the story.
"I . .I was afraid." He stuttered, turning away from the crimson eyes that mirrored his own, unable to look at her. "I was afraid . .afraid of rejection. I was afraid that if you knew that your 'wonderful' brother was a murderer and a thief. . ." he stopped, choking on his own words.
He turned back to her, daring to meet her sweet eyes with his haunted ones, betraying emotion that he had never before revealed.
"I didn't want to disappoint you." His eyes quickly diverted down, afraid of her reaction.
There was silence between them for a few moments, and Hiei cursed himself. How had he expected her to react?! Defeated, all his desperate hopes shattered, he began to get to his feet.
Suddenly, her arms flew around him, holding him tightly, clutching him if she were afraid he'd vanish.
"Hiei, you're my brother. I love you. I love you no matter what." She looked at him, small stones dropping from her eyes. Taking his hands in her tiny ones, holding them tenderly, she forced his eyes to meet hers. "You've always looked out for me, been there for me. You could never disappoint me. Never. I don't care what you've done."
She smiled delicately, biting her lip as if she were reluctant to tell him something. "When I was looking for my brother, when you were . . .I'd always hoped that . . .he'd be just like you."
The words struck home. Hiei looked down at his little sister, not able to conceal his shock as she wrapped her arms around him once again. He returned the embrace wholeheartedly, feeling as if the weight of the world had just fallen off his shoulders.
"I've finally found you." She whispered and he smiled, fully, an expression that was so foreign on his face. For the first time, he was truly happy.
"Yukina!" Kuwabara stood in the doorway, shocked at the sight of his girlfriend in the arms of another man. Especially since that man happened to be Hiei. "How could you do this to me, sugar plumb?"
She smiled and pulled away from the fire demon, going over to Kuwabara.
"Kazuma, I"d like you to meet my brother."
"WHAT?!" Kuwabara promptly passed out.
"Oh, Kazuma!"
"Imbecile."
***
Kagome wrung out a small cloth into a bowl and replaced it on Inuyasha's head, sinking deep into her thoughts. After the final explosion, after Inuyasha and Yusuke had been thrown back, they had struggled to get all the wounded out of the field. Thankfully, Miroku had woken up and was able to contact Hachi, which had made their trip much easier. The racoon had transformed and flew them all to Kaede's, where she 'politely requested' the use of one of the villagers houses residing in her town. Of course they didn't refuse.
They had been caring for their friends the past few days, Kagome becoming worried after Inuyasha hadn't woken up the first. But she heard that Yusuke was up, so maybe . . .
She snapped from her thoughts as she felt the dog demon move. His eyes opened and he sat up hurriedly, his eyes darting about.
"It's okay, Inuyasha, Ketsueki's dead."
"Kagome?" He looked at her for a moment, then quickly cast his eyes down. She understood, it was bizarre how much she and Kikyo looked alike.
Suddenly, she wanted to leave. It was her fault. Everything was her fault. Kikyo leaving . .Kagome wanted nothing more than to make it all go away. To take the pain away that showed in Inuyasha's eyes. She should have just stayed in her own time, maybe if she had . . .
Kagome suddenly realized she was crying and raised a hand to wipe her eyes.
"What the heck is wrong with you?!" he demanded, but she wouldn't look at him.
"Come on, don't cry! What did I do now?"
"You jerk." He gently tipped her face up to look at him, his expression stern.
"Why are you crying." He demanded. Tears streamed down her face as she held back another sob.
"It's my fault. It's all my fault Kikyo left." She took a shuddering breath. "You should go find her, so you two can be happy together and I'll go back to my time. . ."
"It isn't your fault." He said, cutting her off. "I finally realized . . ." He struggled for words.
"Kikyo is the past, and if you try to hold onto the past, you get lost in it, and forget about the future. It was my decision to let her go, to let go of my past, and try to move on. I'll always love her, and I'll always miss her. But maybe you . .and I . .can have a future . .together?"
Kagome blinked, tears long forgotten. *That's the sweetest thing he's ever said. I think that's the only sweet thing he's ever said.*
"Why are you staring at me?" She pushed forward, bringing her lips to his. He was startled for a moment, then kissed her back. Maybe they could be together, maybe . . .
"Am I interrupting something?" They broke away and glared at a very embarrassed Miroku.
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE YOU PERVERT?!"
"It was an accident, I swear!"
"GET BACK HERE!"
***
"Kurama, if you keep pushing your luck you're going to kill yourself!" Botan shouted worriedly as he sat down, exhausted. "Your wounds are still mostly open and if you put strain on them they'll tear open and kill you!"
"Please, Botan, lower your voice." The fox said, cradling his head, ears pressed flat in pain. The girl knelt next to him, gently touching his cheek.
"Is your head still bothering you?" He looked at her, eyebrow raised. *Isn't that the understatement of the year.* It was like the worst hangover he had ever had, which you can imagine is pretty bad, multiplied endlessly, along with the feeling of being beaten over the head with a cinder block.
"I take that as a yes. Do you want me to heal it for you?" He smiled slightly and shook his head then grimaced, that not proving to be the most intelligent of actions. After all the healing she had been doing recently, he was more worried about her welfare than his migraine.
"Don't worry about me. It takes more than a few scratches to kill Youko Kurama." She smiled, but bit her lip. They both knew how close he was to death when Kagome handed her that Shikon shard. She tapped his nose playfully and grinned.
"Maybe, but don't refer to yourself in the third person, it makes you sound snobbish." She smiled and circled around behind him. "Now stay still, I have to remove the bandages."
She gently began unwrapping his wound, eyes dark, but somewhat relieved. After the first day, Botan noticed that thought the sacred jewel was keeping the fox alive, it was preventing him from healing. She had summoned Yukina and removed the jewel, both of the girl's flooding the fox's body with energy.
Surprised at how much healing energy they actually had, the two had been able to heal two of the center gashes. After that, Kaede had grabbed a thick needle and string, and sown up the other three, much to Kurama's discomfort.
The fact that he healed incredibly quickly helped too.
She gently traced the one of the outer ones, healing energy trickling from her and into the wound. Thick black thread crisscrossed across the wounds, holding them together, blood seeping through the small openings.
Re-wrapping his chest and back in clean bandages, Botan ordered Kurama to lay down. He complied, wincing in pain as his injuries came into contact with the bed. She got up to leave, but Kurama gently caught her wrist.
"Don't leave." He murmured. She looked at him curiously and sat down, lacing her fingers with his. She stayed with him until he fell into a light sleep and past, not knowing why she lingered, but she did.
Cheeto: *munches carrot.* Aww! Wasn't that so sweet?! I love fluff! *gushes*
Sensei: You? Fluff?
Cheeto: Yeah! *Munches more carrots*
Sensei: You sneer at people when they cry, you roll your eyes at mushy stuff, and you play red rover in wall mart!
Cheeto: Yeah, your right. *Eats more carrots.*
Sensei: Why are you eating carrots?
Cheeto: They improve your eyesight!! GIVE ME CARROTS, I WILL NOT BE BLIND!!
*Stuffs face full of carrots*
Sensei: -_- review! Still one chap left and credits (if Cheeto doesn't go blind), so review!!