Ch. 4
It took Sango a good twenty minutes to reach her room. It wasn't because the girl was so heavy she could barely carry her Quite the opposite in that case. No, the reason was because she lived in the attic of a 6 story house.
When Sango finally reached her room she sighed in relief. She didn't know how much more blood the girl could take. She reached for the door knob when, the door was opening by itself. Her mother's face appeared in the doorway.
"Oh Sango. I just put you clean clothes in your closet if..."she stopped. She had noticed the bleeding young girl in Sango's arms. "Who's that Sango?"
"It's a girl that was at the door returning the purse I left when I almost got raped. I think she's also the one that saved me from them also." She looked at her mom before speaking again. "She's injured right now. Do you think it's okay if she can stay here? I don't think she has a home."
Shya (Sango's mom name) nodded. "I don't see why not. She saved my only daughter from a horrible fate. She's welcome to stay as long as she wants." she said heading towards the stairs. "Just call me if you need anything." she started down.
Sango just then thought of something. "Oh, Mom wait! Can she stay in my room. Please?" she yelled after the retreating form of her mother.
"Sure. She can stay with you in your room as long as both, she and you are comfortable with that." with that she disappeared down the stairs.
Sango turned and went through her open door, and made her way across her room to the bathroom. She gently set the girl on a chair while she went to fetch soap and shampoo. She returned and set them on the edge of the pool like tub, before returning her attention to the half-demon girl.
The girl had long black hair with two little dog ears on top. Her clothing consisted of a ratty torn up black t-shirt, which was now bloody; and a pair of blue jeans that looked more like shorts. Both of them had seen better days. The girl also wore no shoes.
Sango quickly discarded her of the pitiful pieces of clothing, and what she saw scared her greatly.
The girls stomach had a long bleeding gash, and her sides were black and blue. It seemed her left arm, some ribs, and her right leg were broken. She also had four long gashes on her. One on each limb. And even thought the girl had well toned muscled it was mostly caused by lack of food, because she could see the girls ribs as well.
"You poor girl. What happened to you? How could anyone do this to someone as little as you." She said sympatheticly.
She gently picked her up and carried her into the pool/tub. She could hear her whimper as soon as the water touched her cuts. Sango eyes softened at the noise as she carried her to the edge. Sango carefully took a washrag, and cleaned her cuts. She also noticed that every time she got close to one of the deeper ones she would flinch even though she was unconscious
When she finished cleaning her cuts, and body Sango worked on her hair. This girl's hair was knotted up and had clumps of who-knows-what in it. Sango gently leaned the girl against the side of the pool. She then took the shampoo and put a generous amount on the girls head, and started to lather while being mindful not to get any in her ears. When she rinsed her hair she noticed the pool had went from a clear blue to a murky color.
Sango lifted the finally clean girl out of the pool and carried her to the bedroom. She set her gently on a chair, and went to gather the first aid kit. She returned to find the girl, not in the chair, but sitting huddled behind it. Her eyes were wide with fear, and seemed to whimpering. Sango walked slowly up to her so as not to scare her even further.
"Hello there. It's ok. I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Sango what's yours?" she said in a kind tone. Still walking towards the girl.
The girl slowly drew back a bit, hiding half of her face behind the chair. Sango stopped so she wouldn't get even more frightened. Then the girl spoke.
"K..Ka..Kago...Kagome." she stuttered out.
"Kagome, why that's a very pretty name. Well Kagome, how about you come out from behind there so we can bandage your wounds up. Then you can go to sleep. You look like you haven't eaten or slept in a long time." She received a nod, but no words. "Do you know how to talk Kagome?" Kagome shook her head no. "Well how about reading or writing?" same answer was given. "Well we'll just have to fix that won't we? I'll make a deal with you. I'll teach you how to read, write, and talk, but you have to do one thing for me." The fear in Kagome's eyes intensified. "No, no, no. Nothing like that. I just want you to be my...friend."Sango finished with a smile. Kagome smiled back at her."Now come out from behind that chair. I have to get you all fixed up." she said.
Kagome carefully crawled out, favoring her left arm, and right leg slightly. She only crawled out far enough for Sango to bandage her somewhat easily. Sango had to scoot closer so she could reach around her to her back. She carefully bandaged her chest, stomach, legs, and arms. She put smaller bandages on the little cuts that littered her body. When she finished she picked her up and set her back in the chair.
"Ok, you stay right here while I take a quick shower. I'll be back in about ten minutes or less." she said. Kagome nodded that she understood.
Sango turned and walked back to the bathroom, not noticing the eyes peaking around the half-open door. She just continued on.
