Chapter 4: The Demon Healer
"Demon Healer?"
Kagome asked quite confused. Miroku nodded cupping his face in his hand.
"Ah yes, I have heard of you."
He said thoughtfully as Sango moved about the room replacing things that had been moved in all the chaos.
"You being alive is the way demon's have extra strength, am I right?"
Sakela nodded.
"Yes you are correct, When I am treated good demon's pry strength from me, when I am treated badly they also suffer."
She said moving her hand with the wind making pictures in everyone's mind.
"Then who hurt you?"
Sango asked quickly standing up near Kagome.
"Or did you just get hurt?"
Sakela sighed heavily
"I was chased by villagers, one day after a demon had attacked them; they wanted nothing to do with demons. So they wanted to kill me. As I ran from them a strange man approached me. He said he was a demon and would not do me harm and cared for the sake of others. But I was foolish to believe such a thing, for this man was evil. He had two female accomplices with him Kanna of the mirror, and Kagura of the wind."
Kagome gasped.
"You mean that man was Naraku?"
Sakela nodded. Sango clamped a hand over her mouth, Miroku bowed his head.
"He took me in for many months were I was treated to food, bed, and company. But as I decided that I no longer wanted to live in the castle. He refused to let me go. I stayed in the castle until night, then I snuck out. He would no longer keep me captive."
Sango nodded
"So you got away?"
Sakela nodded sadly.
"But at the price of harm of my demons."
Kagome sighed, another who was betrayed by Naraku.
"But if you are harmed and Naraku is a demon, he could not fight you. Or he would get hurt." Miroku said softly
"Or am I wrong?"
Sakela walked slowly over to the window.
"No you are not wrong. But Naraku had so much strength from me being around all that time, gave him more strength. When he fought me, my power had been taken away. He had stolen my jewel shards and had replaced them with stone flower jewel. But I said could fight, but he beat me and intern beat himself. Every swipe, every move he made on me came back at him. But he did not feel the blood because of the jewel of four souls."
Sakela bowed her head and let the small beaded window lay back where it once was.
"He is also injured as your friends are here. I do not have much power left in me but I can heal them."
She whispered. Kagome shook her head.
"No Sakela you save you powers, our friends will live."
She bundled her fingers in fists.
"I know they can."
Sango nodded.
"That's right, just rest and we can take care of you."
Sakela shook her head.
"No need"
she tore off the bandage off her arm, what was left was just a pale blue marking that disappeared. Everyone stared.
"Are all out injuries like that?"
Miroku asked. But Sakela shook her head.
"No. There are some I cannot heal and will kill me in the end."
"Demon Healer?"
Kagome asked quite confused. Miroku nodded cupping his face in his hand.
"Ah yes, I have heard of you."
He said thoughtfully as Sango moved about the room replacing things that had been moved in all the chaos.
"You being alive is the way demon's have extra strength, am I right?"
Sakela nodded.
"Yes you are correct, When I am treated good demon's pry strength from me, when I am treated badly they also suffer."
She said moving her hand with the wind making pictures in everyone's mind.
"Then who hurt you?"
Sango asked quickly standing up near Kagome.
"Or did you just get hurt?"
Sakela sighed heavily
"I was chased by villagers, one day after a demon had attacked them; they wanted nothing to do with demons. So they wanted to kill me. As I ran from them a strange man approached me. He said he was a demon and would not do me harm and cared for the sake of others. But I was foolish to believe such a thing, for this man was evil. He had two female accomplices with him Kanna of the mirror, and Kagura of the wind."
Kagome gasped.
"You mean that man was Naraku?"
Sakela nodded. Sango clamped a hand over her mouth, Miroku bowed his head.
"He took me in for many months were I was treated to food, bed, and company. But as I decided that I no longer wanted to live in the castle. He refused to let me go. I stayed in the castle until night, then I snuck out. He would no longer keep me captive."
Sango nodded
"So you got away?"
Sakela nodded sadly.
"But at the price of harm of my demons."
Kagome sighed, another who was betrayed by Naraku.
"But if you are harmed and Naraku is a demon, he could not fight you. Or he would get hurt." Miroku said softly
"Or am I wrong?"
Sakela walked slowly over to the window.
"No you are not wrong. But Naraku had so much strength from me being around all that time, gave him more strength. When he fought me, my power had been taken away. He had stolen my jewel shards and had replaced them with stone flower jewel. But I said could fight, but he beat me and intern beat himself. Every swipe, every move he made on me came back at him. But he did not feel the blood because of the jewel of four souls."
Sakela bowed her head and let the small beaded window lay back where it once was.
"He is also injured as your friends are here. I do not have much power left in me but I can heal them."
She whispered. Kagome shook her head.
"No Sakela you save you powers, our friends will live."
She bundled her fingers in fists.
"I know they can."
Sango nodded.
"That's right, just rest and we can take care of you."
Sakela shook her head.
"No need"
she tore off the bandage off her arm, what was left was just a pale blue marking that disappeared. Everyone stared.
"Are all out injuries like that?"
Miroku asked. But Sakela shook her head.
"No. There are some I cannot heal and will kill me in the end."