Chapter 7: Worse Than Thought Possible

Fae awoke to see Inuyasha sleeping in the corner of the room with Kagome laying her head on his leg. Fae smiled at the thought of them together, a little jealous that they and Miroku and Sango were soul mates. She, Kirara, and Shippo were all out of love, at least, for now, for her.
In came Sango, Miroku, and Shippo.
"Fae! You're up!" Shippo shouted, leaping into her arms, not noticing that he had awakened the sleeping Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Hi everyone!" Fae said with a huge smile on her face. Miroku squatted down next to Fae and held his hand on her forehead.
"Her fever is gone! Why, you're doing much better!" Miroku said smiling.
"Why, thank y-" But she was cut off by feeling Miroku stroking her butt. She spun around and slapped him. Miroku just rubbed the red mark on his face and smiled. Just then, in came the man she knew as Ethan, the guy who saved her life. Fae blushed, as she saw him glance around quickly and spotted her.
"Fae! Oh, you look much better, even though you still have the scars." He walked over to me and sat in front of me.
"Thanks, but don't you pat my butt either!" Fae growled, but only for humor, everyone laughed, even Ethan.
"Don't worry, I won't!" He winked at Fae in between laughs. "So, let's check out those scars." He then scooted very close to Fae, to where Fae scooted a little back. He hovered his hand over her cheek. Fae turned dark red and shoved him off of her.
"Fae!" Kagome shouted.
"What! He was coming on to me! I warned him!" Fae yelled.
"No he wasn't, he was just checking you scars." Kagome answered. Fae blushed.
"Oh! Sorry, Ethan." She grew very embarrassed. Ethan then touched the scar, but when he did, Fae shot a few yards back hardly into the wall behind her.
"Fae!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Oh my, it's worse than I thought!" Ethan said, bounding over to where Inuyasha was helping Fae up.
"I'm sorry, I was just-" but Fae held up her hands for silence.
"I know. Just, set me down Inuyasha." Fae said calmly and scarily. Inuyasha set her back against the wall to where she was sitting down. When Fae looked at Ethan again, he had disappeared. Fae felt terrible, and yet, weird. The next time Fae saw Ethan was when she was walking into the garden to gather herbs for a stew. Ethan was picking some mandrake root. He looked up and saw her; he peered with a stern, yet calm face.
"Hi!" Fae happily said smiling. Her smile faded when he saw him frown.
"I'm not here to talk. Now, go gather your herbs and later, I need you to swing by my place so I can figure out what potion to make. Bring Shippo with you." He ordered, and walked away. Fae stood with her mouth open in anger.
What? How dare he? And yet, it's all my fault, Fae thought. She gathered her herbs and went to fetch Shippo, who was drawing herself and Ethan rescuing her.
"Come Shippo, will you accompany me to Mr. Ethan's hut?" she asked, kneeling down to him.
"Of course! But first, look!" He beamed as he showed Fae his very descriptive drawing.
"That's remarkable! How a great artist you are!" Fae bragged, and picked Shippo up and hugged him. Afterward, they went to Ethan's hut to find him sitting beside a bubbling cauldron.
"Hi Ethan!" Shippo said, he ran and hugged Ethan.
"Hello there sport! How are you?" Ethan asked, in a fatherly tone.
"Fine, thanks! What do you want me to help with today?" Shippo asked.
Fae was stumped, and I guess it showed so on her face. Shippo explained.
"I come here everyday to help Ethan with his potions. I measure, pick, and even concoct some!" Shippo proudly said.
"Is that so?" Fae said, putting both hands to her hips. Her and Shippo laughed, and yet Ethan didn't.
"Okay, sit in front of me Fae. Shippo, will you go get some horned lizards?" Shippo nodded to that and Fae did as she was told. Ethan didn't look at her once during that moment. He just sat, staring into the pot and stirred. Shippo came back and handed him a few horned lizards, the color of fuchsia, nothing Fae had ever seen before.
"Okay, this next ingredient is difficult. I need Fresh Juniper berries. Go to the market and tell the man that Ethan said he needed it." He winked and Shippo was off. He went back to stirring. Fae started to get up when he ordered rudely, "Stay where you are."
"To hell I will! You won't even talk to me! If we don't settle this, I don't care if I even die, I won't take anything from you!" Fae screamed. He sighed and said in a calm, normal tone.
"I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at myself. I hurt you badly, and I know you didn't know that, and I'm sorry. I didn't mean to alter your soul." Fae's eyes went wide in surprise; she actually thought he was mad at her.
"Then, we're still friends?" Fae asked excitedly. Ethan chuckled and said,
"Of course, I wouldn't have it any other way." But that's not what Fae had hoped he said, and yet she kept smiling and watched as he concentrated on his potion. He glanced up constantly, but didn't notice that Fae saw him.
"So, you said you altered my soul, so that's what that was? Is that why I felt heavy and wanted to rip your throat?" Fae said, staring into the pot as Ethan looked at her in fear.
"Don't worry, I learned to control it." Fae explained.
"No, I'm sorry, you can't. What you controlled was only minor. What could happen could be so bad, your should would just pass away from your body." Ethan said, and then they both stared at each other in fear. In a minute, Ethan broke the silence by quietly saying,
"But I would never let that happen to you, never." Fae felt her heart pump blood back to life.
Was what he said true? Could it get that bad? Would she loose everything and just die? Who knows?