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Scars
Kagome turned to the healer. "Excuse me, may I ask what your name is?"
"Hanako, my lady." She said without looking up from her patient.
"My name is -"
"Kagome. Yes I am aware." Hanako said rudely. Kagome pursed her lips in irritation.
Kagome walked around to where Hanako sat next to her patient. He was covered in deep lacerations, which Hanako was trying to bandage. His head and right eye were covered in bloody cloths. The soldier looked at Kagome with his one eye. "Shikei no Miko-sama." He said acknowledging her in a gruff damaged voice.
Kagome smiled kindly at him. "I suppose you already know my name. What is your name?"
His eye looked to Hanako with uncertainty, and then slid back to Kagome.
"Muijin."
"Muijin-san, it is nice to meet you. What happened to your eye?"
He grimaced, "Clawed out."
Hanako lifted the bloody rag over his eye to reveal the ruined mess that was once his right eye. "Unfortunately the damage is too great. He will lose the eye."
Kagome knelt beside him and placed a gentle hand over his hand closest to her. "Muijin-san, may I have permission to heal your eye?"
He raised a thumb in Hanako's direction. "Well she believes my eye is lost, so what do I have to lose?"
Kagome leaned over him and removed the rag covering his injured eye.
"Muijin-san, just try to relax." He closed his left eye and nodded.
Kagome placed her hands over his right eye. Reiki flowed easily from her, and spread out across his face, focusing on his damaged eye.
The horrible pain in his right eyed faded immediately, his face tingled soothingly. His whole body felt warm and relaxed, like floating in a warm bath. His body was more importantly pain free. He let out a sigh of relief. Hanako clutched his forearm alarmed. "Is she hurting you?!"
Kagome glared at Hanako. Several of the other patients had sat up in their beds to watch.
Muijin chuckled softly. "No, it feels amazing."
Kagome gave a lop-sided smile. She kept one hand covering his eye, while the other hand hovered and moved across his body.
Hanako observed the exchange with interest. The worst of his deep gashes began to heal before her eyes. Kagome remained over him for about a half hour, before Muijin lifted his arm and carefully pulled her hand away from his eye.
He looked at her with both eyes, blinking them quickly. Kagome sagged with relief.
"I am so glad your eye healed, however there's a good chance it will still scar."
Muijin laughed heartily and sat up, grabbing her hand. "My Lady, I love my scars, but I would have dearly missed my eye. You have my eternal thanks."
"You are most welcome, Muijin-san." Kagome said sincerely. She turned to the other patients looking at her with intense interest.
"Well, would anyone else like to be healed? Perhaps only Muijin-san is brave enough."
Soldiers stumbled and fell over themselves to get to her first.