Here we go! Chapter 13! I can't believe it! Well thank you to all of my reviewers...here they are!

Crazedcandie: You were the first one to review for the last chapter! Ok, that one chapter where Reiko screams out in another language she uses only two sentences...here they are...I'm too lazy to insert them into the story...

"Juusagit!"- (insert fav swear word or "no")

"Slivdaf hurshcib wridel!"- (Make them stop)

Purplehaze: Actually the reason Hiei didn't object was because he had an ulterior motive...

Icedragongurl15: Here is the next chapter

Reiocu: I have continued...here it is!

Standard disclaimers apply

Chapter 13

(Genkai)

"Genkai," Yusuke approached me. "We have Reiko and she needs just a little bit of help." Standing up I followed him into the adjacent bedroom where I found Kurama, Kuwabara, Hiei and an unconscious girl. "The doctor wanted us to give you this." Yusuke handed me a clipboard with her medical report on it and a note or two from Dr. Jiro.

"Ok, leave me alone to work on her, I'll give a yell if I need you squirts." I told them giving them a glare that kicked them out of the room as I turned to the young looking girl who was out cold. Bending over her I checked her pulse, it was strong and steady but her skin was clammy and cool to the touch. Taking her loose clothes off I began to do a thorough investigation of all of her injuries. Deciding that it would be easier to start at her feet I picked up her left foot and lightly pressed on the sole of it in different places watching to see if the girl would react. She did by moaning in pain and trying to curl up to get away from my prodding hands. Inspecting her foot closer I was disgusted by what I found; there were about a dozen tiny slivers of glass under her skin, which had healed over it. Three out of her five toes were broken and a few of the toenails had been removed. It was the same with the right foot.

Moving up to her legs I noted lacerations, burns, scrapes, insect bites bruises, sores and welts. Some of them were half healed while the others were fresh, there were scars as well marring her flesh. On her abdomen and torso there were more scars and wounds like on her legs but there was a particularly nasty gash above her belly button that was severely infected. Her arms were in bad shape as well, in addition to cuts, bruises, insect bites, scrapes and welts there were puncture wounds that could have been made by nails or another sharp tool. The bands around her wrists were covered in scratches and small dents that I assumed she had made in trying to get them off.

Her hands were in better shape than her feet but not by much, there were no glass shards or broken bones but hundreds of tiny little paper cuts. The cuts were an angry red as if they had been exposed to salt water or lemon juice. A few of her fingernails were missing and both her middle fingers were slightly crooked as if they had been broken and healed that way. Fortunately her throat was basically untouched except for a few bruises and a long thin scar that went from under one of her ears to the other. She sported a split lip that would need to be stitched; a crooked nose and a few cuts on her face. Rolling her over onto her back I sucked in a breath of air as I caught sight of her backside, the whole thing was almost one big infected, half healed wound. It appeared that she had been whipped brutally at one time and the end result had been left to fester.

Entering her body using my energy I grimly viewed all of the internal damage she had sustained from the many poisons she had been made to drink. All of her organs were twisted and mutated from trying to survive and function under the destructive influence of the poisons. It was a miracle she was even able to breath and have her heart beat at the same time. Reaching out to touch her mind and see what was going on in there I was repelled by an incredible barrier that she had erected; Jiro had been right, it was impossible to get past. Pulling out I found a set of weary eyes watching me; Reiko had awakened and was regarding me warily from her vulnerable position.

"My name's Genkai, you must be Reiko, right?" I questioned, "How are you feeling?"

"Like shit," she whispered.

"I'm going to try and heal you but I need to ask a few things first. Do you want me to break your middle fingers so they can heal straight? Do you want me to straighten your nose?" I asked because looks mean a lot to people these days.

"I don't care." She muttered averting her eyes from mine.

"Alright then." I turned to the door, "Yusuke! Get Yukina for me!" A minute later Yukina came in carrying medical supplies in her arms.

"I am here Genkai." She came up beside me and gasped loudly as she caught sight of Reiko.

"Reiko, this is Yukina, she's going to assist me." I told her but wasn't surprised when the girl didn't respond but opted to not look at us. "We're going to put you into a deep sleep so you don't feel too much pain." Yet again no response, nodding to Yukina I signaled her to put her under so we could begin.

"Where to start?" Yukina looked at me, "She's in such awful shape!"

"Why don't you try to fix some of her internal damage while I begin on her feet." I suggested digging into the medical supplies to find one of my small sharp knives.

"Ok." Yukina sat down next to her on the bed and quietly withdrew from her body and into Reiko's. Smoothly I slid towels under the patient's feet and positioned myself to begin to remove the slivers of glass from her feet. Locating the first one I sliced into the skin and reached for the small shard with a pair of tweezers; it took a little bit to finally grasp it and pull it out. Once it was out I drew on my energy to speed up the healing process of her body to close the skin but discovered that her body didn't respond to my type of healing. It was going to be a looong night.

(time elapse)

As I rooted the last shard from Reiko's feet I gave myself a figurative pat on the back and bandaged up her foot. Yukina was still submerged in Reiko's body so I began cleaning out her open wounds and applying disinfectant and bandages; sometimes I would thread a needle and sew up a deeper cut. I left no injuries uncared for as I worked my way up her body. When I reached the slashed flesh above her belly button that was infected I carefully cut it myself and squeezed the pus and tainted blood out of the area until the blood from it ran a dark red. I cleansed it, disinfected it and then bandaged it as Yukina pulled from Reiko's body and almost collapsed off the bed but grabbed onto the bed frame and held firm.

"Drink." I held a cup of water to her lips and she gulped it down her eyes closed with fatigue. "How was it? Any better?"

"I managed to stabilize her organs but that's it, her body barely responds to any healing energy what so ever." She breathed out before drinking the rest of the water I had handed her and set down the empty cup.

"I don't know why she doesn't respond, it seems we're going to have to use the usual means of healing with medication and bandages." I glanced at Reiko who was starting to look like a mummy due to all of her bandages. "It could be she's been healed so many times she's become impervious to it or maybe it's those cuffs, which one I'm not sure."

"I need to rest before I can do anything." Yukina informed me as she rubbed a hand over her eyes.

"I agree, we can't do anything if we get sick. Let's cover her up and have one of the boys watch her while we grab something to eat and then get some rest." I eased a pair of pants onto Reiko before covering her with a warm quilt and helping Yukina to the kitchen where Hiei was sitting in the window gazing out into the wilderness surrounding my home.

"Go and watch Reiko you useless lump." I commanded as I commenced scrounging up some food for Yukina and I to eat. Without a sound he stood up pulled off his cloak, wrapped it around Yukina and walked off to the room we had left.

"Why is Hiei here?" Yukina questioned sitting down.

"To watch over Reiko." I stated not telling her that he had a more personal reason to come, which was to protect his beloved sister who knew not who he was.

"Oh." She accepted the tea I handed her and the plate of cold food from the fridge. Together we ate in silence before retreating to our rooms to sleep. On my way past Reiko's room I looked in and found Hiei sitting in a chair he had tipped up against the wall his gaze fixed on the girl but it wasn't her he was seeing. Closing the door I went to my room and got dressed for bed. Lying in bed I stared up at the ceiling trying to figure out why Reiko seemed familiar to me though I didn't think I had ever seen her in my life. Eventually sleep claimed me and I rushed off to the dream world with a heavy mind.


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