Chapter four: A heavy burden.

"I had a feeling that things in the castle weren't going well, Chu Naia had been gone for quite some time and with all the blood I needed, I had feared for the worst. I know of a way to heal these wounds, though it would be at a horrible price."

Flashback

Chu Sin awakens slowly and looks around his room, he slowly looks up at the doctor and let's out an painful sigh, his bed was yet again stained with his own blood, the doctor shakes his head and places his hand on Chu Sin's shoulder.

"Keep still; we don't know what's wrong with you anymore… Your wounds won't heal correctly, and I am afraid that you will die soon." The doctor turns towards the door as a woman enters. She is tall and slender and walks with an almost hypnotic sway. Her long, full hair is pulled back in a ponytail that sways as hypnotically as she does. Her clothes and her jewelry could have belonged to royalty, although the colors didn't match any royal lineage that Chu Sin can recall. She wears elegant combinations of purple, green and yellow, with what must be pure gold and silver bracelets, rings, and earrings.

She turns towards Chu sin and gives him an odd smile.

"Doctor, Chu Naia needs you, I shall watch over Chu Sin." The doctor nods and leaves the room, shutting the door behind him.

"So you're the Demon's puppet?"

He looks away from her in shame, he never wanted to be known as the Demon's puppet, nor was he happy about being the Demon's puppet.

"I'm not the demon's puppet anymore… nor do I like to be called that." She gasps and giggles, putting her hands over her mouth, after a moment she stops giggling and speaks to him calmly.

"I did not mean to imply anything, but I was wondering how you came about the Demon's blade Kagiru?" Chu Sin looks over at her, shocked; he thought that no one else would know the hidden name of the Demon's blade.

"How… How do you know his name?" He starts to sit up but she smiles and places her hand on his chest keeping him pinned down.

"You talk first, and then I will tell you all I know about the Demon's blade."

He hesitates as he looks out the window, after a few minutes of silence he turns to her and speaks.

"I use to live in a village a long time ago… It was a poor village and food along with the water was growing more and more scarce by the day. Finally my father sent me out into the forest near by our village to fetch some food, water and supplies from the forest itself. I sometimes wish that he had never sent me… After a short walk I found myself lost in the forest, and as I grew more frantic about finding my path I seemed to be following an odd feeling, and with out realizing it I made my way to the demon's shrine…" He paused for a moment as he chest started to hurt, he placed his hand on his chest and gave out a sharp sigh, she looks at him and notices his face growing more pale by the moment, she then places her hand on his, he could feel the pain start to drain away from him, like she's making it all go away some how.

"Keep going, the pain is will only be gone for a short amount of time."

He smiled slightly at the loss of the pain and found himself continuing his tale though he knew not why.

"As I looked upon the shrine it seemed to beckon me, like the sword wanted me to pick it up. I drew near and near to it and I almost placed my hand upon its hilt, when I started smelling smoke. I quickly turned in and started back towards the village fearing that I would be too late, as I approached the village, I saw it afire, and all around me, my parents and fellow villagers all dead… So I ran, I ran back to the shrine and picked up the blade I was so weak minded that the demon just took me over… And that was that, I was the demon there after." He paused as the pain returned worse this time. She sighs and looked upon his bleeding chest, knowing that the doctor should be back soon.

"Listen, you will die as you are, and you will end up taking Chu Naia with you. She's losing blood faster than she can heal, and the doctors fear that her father will be the death of you both." He looks puzzled at her as the doctor enters and looks upon Chu Sin sighing.

"You will probably need to…" Chu Sin shakes his head and looks back up at the doctor, rage in his eyes.

"NO! I will no longer be a drain to her; I will no longer be a burden to this place! Just let me die in peace." The doctor sighs and shakes his head leaving the room, Ni Shai looks around the plain room and smiles oddly, she then looks over at Chu Sin and places her hand on his shoulder.

"Oh, if only her father cared about his little girl, then none of this would have probably happened." Chu Sin looks at her oddly wondering what she babbling about.

"Explain this to me? I thought that he cared for her like all other parents do?" Ni Shai shakes her head and sighs.

"No, he does not care for his daughter; he only seems to see her as a tool for gaining power… Oh how I fear her fate if left in his hands." Chu Sin looks out the window at the dark blue night sky and gets lost in the large gray puffy clouds that fly by.

"How can I help her, though in my state…?" He looks at Ni Shai with determination in his eyes.

"I don't know. I wish I could help but I'm going to be gone before the morning travelers with Fu Xi's sword arrive." Chu Sin sit's up in his bed and looks at her surprisingly.

"Fu Xi's Sword is on its way here!" She puts her hand up to her mouth and looks a bit surprised.

"Oops did I say that? Well yes it is, but how do you know Fu Xi?" Chu Sin holds onto his chest the pain returning even sharper then before, he lies back down slowly and carefully.

"The Demon talked about him sometimes. He said that Fu Xi was his hated enemy… Do you know what's going to happen to it?" Ni Shai shrugs and smiles looking over at him.

"Nope, but I think Chu Chu is going to hide it some where." Chu Sin looks confused and shrugs.

"Why would he wish to hide it…? Unless he wishes to use it later… Hey, what would he do with Fu Xi's sword?" She ponders for a moment and looks at his chest; she can see that the clothing has turned a deeper crimson red. She shakes her head and sighs.

"You should get some rest, I'm sure that he's not mean enough to do anything bad with that sword, however I would worry about the Demon though. Chu Chu is rather weak minded and easily drawn to gold and power… Oops did I say that? Oh well rest now Chu Sin and rest while you can." She turns and leaves the room, leaving him to think and ponder about what she said; he lies back after a bit and falls into a deep and restless sleep.