Tricked
CS - Botan's still in her unconscious state. Hiei and Yuusuke come down with a low-grade fever that keeps getting higher. Time to leave the cabin to Shizuru, Koenma, and Kuwabara while Yukina and Kurama leave on an expedition to find the plant that will cure the vicious fever!
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Chapter 31 - Makai Madness
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Kurama made them all a strong herbal tea and it helped Yuusuke and Hiei breathe a little better and it helped to warm the others up.
"I hate colds.." Yuusuke yawned, blinking sleepily. He wrapped the blanket tighter around him and drank the tea. Hiei yawned, setting the now half- filled cup of tea on the table. He lay down, closing his eyes.
"Gee, I wish there was something we could do." Yukina said, putting her hand on her brother's forehead. Her eyes widened. "His fever has went up in the last hour." She looked at Kurama. "Do you have a remedy?"
"I could go out and find a few plants that might help with what I believe they have.." He sighed. "But it's the best I can do."
"When will you be able to?"
"Not until tomorrow. It is still raining. Hopefully, it will be dry enough tomorrow." He stated thoughtfully. "Just keep them warm and I'll continue giving them the tea." Yuusuke closed his eyes.
"Well, I'm dead tired. 'Night.." He closed his eyes and was out in about five minutes.
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Botan lay on the bed, silent and peaceful. Kurama sat down in the chair and noticed something by her face. A white feather with a silver tip. He twirled it in his fingers as he studied it. So beautiful.. Like its owner. The slow rise and fall of the angel's chest brought thoughts of hope to him. Hopefully she could pull this off.. Her having lived through the entire ordeal made this part seem awfully small.
"Botan, if you don't make it out of this, I'm going to wind up in an insane asylum." He said softly, a smirk on his face. "Don't leave me here with them." Someone knocked on the door and opened it.
"Hiei.. and Yuusuke.." Yukina's crimson eyes were wide. "They.." She pointed and he got up, racing to the door. He went out to see Hiei wincing in pain, his eyes closed and sweat rolling down his forehead.
"Dear god.. Yukina, I told you that we can do nothing for them tonight." He bit his lip. Yuusuke was worse.. He was moaning clutching the blanket so hard his knuckles were white. Sweat rolled down his face and he winced.
"Something has to be done, though, Kurama. Do you have anything that could numb the pain just a little?" Shizuru asked. Kurama shook his head.
"There is only plant I know of on Makai that can cure something like this."
"Do you know where it is located?" Yukina asked, frowning.
"Yes."
"May we leave tonight? We'll travel until we get tired.. Please, they may die!"
"It is a two day trip to the place then a two day trip back."
"Just give us a list of herbs that might sustain it!" Shizuru said, narrowing her eyes. "Until you get back."
"I'll give you the plants now." He walked out the door and they followed him. Black clouds and fog blocked the moon from sight, obstructing the light. It was raining lightly and the moisture didn't help much in the cold. He led them out around the cabin, towards the woods. Right at the entrance, he knelt down and inspected the plants. Nodding and muttering to himself, he pulled enough for two and for four days. "This should be sufficient."
"What do I do?" Shizuru asked.
"Mix two leaves with one cup of water in the teacups. Give a cup to them every two hours unless they're sleeping." She blinked.
"Okay." She looked at Yukina.
"You go with him. I'll man the fort. Kuwabaka can help me." She winked. "Get going." Kurama frowned. The lives of his closest friends were in his hands.. and Yukina's.
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Kurama pulled Yukina along by her hand. They would get lost in the fog if they didn't stay together. She followed him wordlessly, squinting in the mist and trying to see where she was going. They had been gone only an hour and the awkwardness was more than either of them could bear.
"There will be trials. I do not know the exact time it will take." She bit her lip. "I'm sorry but that's the truth. I can do no more than I am doing now."
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Shizuru was going nuts. She had no idea who was doing what.. especially with her brother freaking out because he saw a spider. She hit him with a frying pan and tried to find the thing he was freaking out about.
"You dork! That wasn't a spider!" She hit him again. "Now calm down."
"It was a spider! I saw it!"
"No, it wasn't, little bro." Shizuru glared at him, giving him a threatening look. "Now, go check on Hiei and Yuusuke." He walked towards them, muttering about big sisters.
"Get away from me." She heard a cup smash to the floor and Kuwabara ran back and hid behind something. She crossed her arms.
"You're useless."
"He scares me!"
"It isn't his fault! Don't blame sick people for not wanting to be around you." She crossed her arms. "They feel bad enough."
"Ha ha ha." He glared at her.
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The sunlight barely shone through the treetops as Yukina and Kurama picked their way carefully through the bushes. Yukina waved some bugs away from her face with her free hand as she clutched the small bag in her other hand. The bag was for the other two plants that they would need. Kurama had the other bag, which was a bit bigger and was for the major plant that they needed.
"This swamp ends a mile up." Kurama informed her. She gasped when her foot began to sink in the wet earth. "Be careful." He offered his arm to her so she could pull her foot out. She smiled and nodded.
"What, do you think, might help Botan? Is there any plant that could help her?" She didn't receive a response for several minutes and was resolved to apologize, thinking she had asked the wrong question.
"Hiei said that she needs to do this on her own. We can't help her." She remained silent after that. She had come along to keep him company but also to learn about medicinal herbs and plants and other such things. She wanted to help and she knew that she could do nothing but be in the way in the cabin. The swamp land was overgrown and had a lot of poisonous plants. Vines hung down, thick and jointed, along the branches of the trees. She could identify a lot of other plants, as well as those that were poisonous. Some of the trees were smaller and their branches made the two duck or move them away. The thick foliage was beautiful and much of it could be trimmed and it would look even better. She smiled and looked over at the other side. Thick vines and moss covered the brown trunk of the tree for as far up as she could see. The squishiness of the ground lessened as they continued to walk. Flowers began dotting places here and there where the sun broke through the canopy of leaves. Pinks, purples, blues, yellows, and other colors adorned vines and bushes and plants.
"This place is very lovely." She said softly as she gazed in admiration at the flowers. Some of which she had never seen before rested before her eyes. Different kinds of petals and leaves that she didn't know the names of became to appear more frequently.
"This place is also very deadly." Kurama murmured as he pushed the branches of a small pine tree away. "There are many of the poisonous plants hidden in the dense parts of underbrush."
"What kind of poison?" She asked curiously.
"The kind of which is only in one's nightmares. For some, there are no cures." He narrowed his eyes. "Some kill you slowly and some kill you the instant you are hit with it." He stopped suddenly and held his hand out to stop her. "We are to turn a sharp right at the fork in the road." She peered forward to see that they were following an animal trail. She smiled.
"How much further?"
"We have a way to go."
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That's all for this chapter. Hope I did well.. Got stuck in the middle. Please review!
CS - Botan's still in her unconscious state. Hiei and Yuusuke come down with a low-grade fever that keeps getting higher. Time to leave the cabin to Shizuru, Koenma, and Kuwabara while Yukina and Kurama leave on an expedition to find the plant that will cure the vicious fever!
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Chapter 31 - Makai Madness
-
Kurama made them all a strong herbal tea and it helped Yuusuke and Hiei breathe a little better and it helped to warm the others up.
"I hate colds.." Yuusuke yawned, blinking sleepily. He wrapped the blanket tighter around him and drank the tea. Hiei yawned, setting the now half- filled cup of tea on the table. He lay down, closing his eyes.
"Gee, I wish there was something we could do." Yukina said, putting her hand on her brother's forehead. Her eyes widened. "His fever has went up in the last hour." She looked at Kurama. "Do you have a remedy?"
"I could go out and find a few plants that might help with what I believe they have.." He sighed. "But it's the best I can do."
"When will you be able to?"
"Not until tomorrow. It is still raining. Hopefully, it will be dry enough tomorrow." He stated thoughtfully. "Just keep them warm and I'll continue giving them the tea." Yuusuke closed his eyes.
"Well, I'm dead tired. 'Night.." He closed his eyes and was out in about five minutes.
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Botan lay on the bed, silent and peaceful. Kurama sat down in the chair and noticed something by her face. A white feather with a silver tip. He twirled it in his fingers as he studied it. So beautiful.. Like its owner. The slow rise and fall of the angel's chest brought thoughts of hope to him. Hopefully she could pull this off.. Her having lived through the entire ordeal made this part seem awfully small.
"Botan, if you don't make it out of this, I'm going to wind up in an insane asylum." He said softly, a smirk on his face. "Don't leave me here with them." Someone knocked on the door and opened it.
"Hiei.. and Yuusuke.." Yukina's crimson eyes were wide. "They.." She pointed and he got up, racing to the door. He went out to see Hiei wincing in pain, his eyes closed and sweat rolling down his forehead.
"Dear god.. Yukina, I told you that we can do nothing for them tonight." He bit his lip. Yuusuke was worse.. He was moaning clutching the blanket so hard his knuckles were white. Sweat rolled down his face and he winced.
"Something has to be done, though, Kurama. Do you have anything that could numb the pain just a little?" Shizuru asked. Kurama shook his head.
"There is only plant I know of on Makai that can cure something like this."
"Do you know where it is located?" Yukina asked, frowning.
"Yes."
"May we leave tonight? We'll travel until we get tired.. Please, they may die!"
"It is a two day trip to the place then a two day trip back."
"Just give us a list of herbs that might sustain it!" Shizuru said, narrowing her eyes. "Until you get back."
"I'll give you the plants now." He walked out the door and they followed him. Black clouds and fog blocked the moon from sight, obstructing the light. It was raining lightly and the moisture didn't help much in the cold. He led them out around the cabin, towards the woods. Right at the entrance, he knelt down and inspected the plants. Nodding and muttering to himself, he pulled enough for two and for four days. "This should be sufficient."
"What do I do?" Shizuru asked.
"Mix two leaves with one cup of water in the teacups. Give a cup to them every two hours unless they're sleeping." She blinked.
"Okay." She looked at Yukina.
"You go with him. I'll man the fort. Kuwabaka can help me." She winked. "Get going." Kurama frowned. The lives of his closest friends were in his hands.. and Yukina's.
-
Kurama pulled Yukina along by her hand. They would get lost in the fog if they didn't stay together. She followed him wordlessly, squinting in the mist and trying to see where she was going. They had been gone only an hour and the awkwardness was more than either of them could bear.
"There will be trials. I do not know the exact time it will take." She bit her lip. "I'm sorry but that's the truth. I can do no more than I am doing now."
-
Shizuru was going nuts. She had no idea who was doing what.. especially with her brother freaking out because he saw a spider. She hit him with a frying pan and tried to find the thing he was freaking out about.
"You dork! That wasn't a spider!" She hit him again. "Now calm down."
"It was a spider! I saw it!"
"No, it wasn't, little bro." Shizuru glared at him, giving him a threatening look. "Now, go check on Hiei and Yuusuke." He walked towards them, muttering about big sisters.
"Get away from me." She heard a cup smash to the floor and Kuwabara ran back and hid behind something. She crossed her arms.
"You're useless."
"He scares me!"
"It isn't his fault! Don't blame sick people for not wanting to be around you." She crossed her arms. "They feel bad enough."
"Ha ha ha." He glared at her.
-
The sunlight barely shone through the treetops as Yukina and Kurama picked their way carefully through the bushes. Yukina waved some bugs away from her face with her free hand as she clutched the small bag in her other hand. The bag was for the other two plants that they would need. Kurama had the other bag, which was a bit bigger and was for the major plant that they needed.
"This swamp ends a mile up." Kurama informed her. She gasped when her foot began to sink in the wet earth. "Be careful." He offered his arm to her so she could pull her foot out. She smiled and nodded.
"What, do you think, might help Botan? Is there any plant that could help her?" She didn't receive a response for several minutes and was resolved to apologize, thinking she had asked the wrong question.
"Hiei said that she needs to do this on her own. We can't help her." She remained silent after that. She had come along to keep him company but also to learn about medicinal herbs and plants and other such things. She wanted to help and she knew that she could do nothing but be in the way in the cabin. The swamp land was overgrown and had a lot of poisonous plants. Vines hung down, thick and jointed, along the branches of the trees. She could identify a lot of other plants, as well as those that were poisonous. Some of the trees were smaller and their branches made the two duck or move them away. The thick foliage was beautiful and much of it could be trimmed and it would look even better. She smiled and looked over at the other side. Thick vines and moss covered the brown trunk of the tree for as far up as she could see. The squishiness of the ground lessened as they continued to walk. Flowers began dotting places here and there where the sun broke through the canopy of leaves. Pinks, purples, blues, yellows, and other colors adorned vines and bushes and plants.
"This place is very lovely." She said softly as she gazed in admiration at the flowers. Some of which she had never seen before rested before her eyes. Different kinds of petals and leaves that she didn't know the names of became to appear more frequently.
"This place is also very deadly." Kurama murmured as he pushed the branches of a small pine tree away. "There are many of the poisonous plants hidden in the dense parts of underbrush."
"What kind of poison?" She asked curiously.
"The kind of which is only in one's nightmares. For some, there are no cures." He narrowed his eyes. "Some kill you slowly and some kill you the instant you are hit with it." He stopped suddenly and held his hand out to stop her. "We are to turn a sharp right at the fork in the road." She peered forward to see that they were following an animal trail. She smiled.
"How much further?"
"We have a way to go."
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That's all for this chapter. Hope I did well.. Got stuck in the middle. Please review!