"Jaken, what are you doing?" Inutaisho asked the little green toad who was holed up at Sesshomaru's computer in Sesshomaru's room. The green toad turned his black eyes upon his master's father, "I'm researching for milord, Master Inutaisho."
Inutaisho raised an eyebrow. Now what would have Sesshomaru interested enough to be researching it? Knowing the toad wouldn't divulge that kind of information he waited until Jaken finished with the computer and logged in and went to the page the toad had been on.
It was the hospital volunteer page. Jaken had to have hacked in to get it since that was guarded almost as religiously as the patient one. His curiosity rose. Doing some quick keyboarding he came to a file.
Rin Destoria 17, race unknown, Tokyo High School, mute. Why the hell would Sesshomaru… that thought trailed off and a large grin came across Inutaisho's face.
He remembered when he had visited Sesshomaru the second day he had been there, there had been a foreign scent in the room that smelled of wild flowers and night with a hint of blood. Sesshomaru had certainly been in a better mood than when they had brought him.
This girl must be a volunteer and had helped him out. Race unknown. They didn't know what she was human, half-demon, demon, miko, or incarnation. This was getting better and better.
Logging off he decided to go ask a few of his connections and see what he could learn. Destoria. The name rang a bell he just couldn't place it.
Rin was somewhat better today, even though she was still in a little pain. She had taken her bookbag with her to the ICU ward and had stopped at Sesshomaru's door. She looked in and stared.
There was a woman in the room moving his arm at a crazy angle. She could see that he couldn't seem to move. She sniffed the air and concealed a snarl. Poison. Rin gathered a little of her black Inu-demon power, not enough that she lost control, but enough to give her strength, speed, and energy.
She flicked into the room and had the woman against the wall. In the days she had kept him company she had grown to care for Sesshomaru a lot. That this woman was torturing him infuriated her.
She didn't let the fury get through though since she didn't want to lose her control. The woman's ruby red eyes widened at the petite girl's strength and tried to struggle out of her grasp but silver eyes stared into her own. She slowly became mesmerized and lost a sense of herself. The girl let her down and pointed to the door. She went to it then out it, then out to the street and into the night.
Rin let out a breath to gain complete control again and went to Sesshomaru. His eyes were half closed and the staples were coming out of his arm. Rin raced out and grabbed her backpack, which had most of her medical supplies in it since she did most of her mending outside of home.
She had already identified the poison and was bringing out the necessary things. She grabbed a salve then bit her lip and looked at his arm. Nothing would be able to save it now, doctor or herself, except…
She could use her Ice Demon powers; those she could control, and heal the entire thing inside out but the energy it would cost her would be great. Her own wounds would heal at a human rate until she gained the right amount of energy again and she wouldn't have the power to keep her father from killing her if she went home but if Sesshomaru lost his arm…
She couldn't bear the thought. She first crushed plants into a cup of water and mixed it until it became a clear rose color. She then slipped it down his throat and knew it would drive out the poison immediately which would mean he would feel and remember her ministrations but didn't care.
She then sat the cup aside and took a deep breath then reached for her icy side. As the power washed through her, her hair rose and changed from black to white starting at the roots.
Jagged pale blue stripes appeared at her chin and reached the tip of her nose on both sides of her face. Her clothes changed to a white and pale blue kimono and a pale blue snowflake appeared on her forehead.
She opened her eyes and her silver orbs had changed to a pale blue, almost translucent. She placed pale hand on Sesshomaru's bloodied arm and closed her mysterious eyes again. Her palms began to glow white and started to radiate a cool energy.
Slowly the tendons and muscles knit themselves together and the flesh merged together as if it were never broken. Rin checked inside and everything was as it should be. He would be sore in the morning but his arm was better than new.
She stood and staggered, leaning against the wall as the energy washed out of her. Her kimono changed back to her jeans and sweatshirt and her hair went back to its normal black with her markings disappearing.
Rin had enough energy to leave but that would be it. She escaped the room before he awoke and replaced the cleaning supplies, grabbed her bookbag, and left. She would have to hope her father was out drunken cold when she got home because she needed a place to sleep and restore her energy and her home was the only place that she could go.
She just hoped she wouldn't regret going there.
"How did it happen?" "But it was a mess yesterday!" "It's completely healed! I don't believe it!" Sesshomaru awoke to the noise and gave a thought to killing all those blasted voices.
He even raised his left arm to deliver a poison attack and stopped cold. His left arm didn't hurt. There was no pain whatsoever. He snapped open his eyes and stared at his arm. It was completely healed, not even a scar marring the flesh.
How the hell had that happened? Then his thoughts went to the strange dream he had had last night. Kagura, an old rival of his father, had poisoned him and was slowly killing him when she abruptly was away from him.
Then he remembered icy warmth along his arm and looking up to see a pale goddess that so resembled Rin. An Ice Demon. Rin was an Ice Demon. No that wasn't right. Ice demons couldn't conceal their white hair and pale features but Rin was tan and had black hair and silver eyes.
She was probably a half demon or had diluted blood. She had healed him. Ice Demons rarely healed anyone that wasn't their own kind. He sat up and looked around, she was gone. He had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach and knew he had to find her and now.
"Jaken!" He called out. The toad demon appeared then gaped at his masters arm, "milord your arm…" "Another time Jaken, where does Rin live?" Jaken looked at his master's face, "what milord?"
"Rin Destoria's address you idiot. Where the hell is it!" Scared Jaken blurted it out and before the doctors and nurses could even blink, Sesshomaru was out the door and racing along the hallway. He had to get to Rin's and now before something went really, really wrong.
She couldn't move. He would kill her now and she couldn't move. The gash along her stomach had gotten an infection due to her lack of ice power.
It had taken her to fever and was killing her. She wondered which would kill her first, her father or the infection. She just hoped Sesshomaru was ok.
That was her last thought before she slipped into eternal darkness, unsure whether she would come out of it again or not.
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