Gaius slowly started to come too, hearing a moan and his name being called out. Light filtered in from the window, alerting him to the fact that he had fallen asleep. He quickly turned around to check on the king. He could have sword he heard someone call his name.

"Gaius…" The raspy sounding moan once again echoed throughout the room. Suddenly realizing who was calling him, Gaius rushed over to the king's side. Light green eyes tried opening only to shut again once the light his them, groaning at the pain the little bit of light caused.

"Your Majesty!" Gaius exclaimed softly, still in shock at what he was seeing. The king's breathing had returned to normal and sweat no longer trickled down his face. In fact, the king looked fairly health. The only sign of the poisoning was the weariness and slight pain that showed in his face.

"Where…..am…..I? ...What…happened?" the king asked. The last thing he remembered was a letter addressed to him from an old friend that died years ago. The moment he touched the letter he suddenly felt nauseated and weak.

"You are at my place, sire. You were poisoned last night." Gaius explained to the king. "We had feared the worst."

The king once gain tried to speak up. "Poi...son...ed?" his voice was dry and raspy due to the lack of water.

"Yes, sire." Gaius told him. "Here drink this. It should help your throat." Gaius gently lifted the king's head and put the small water dipper up to his mouth. Gaius could not explain what happened. The king should be dead or on the verge of it.

Noticing the king had stopped drinking and had fallen back into darkness, he decided to tell everyone the news. Resting the king's head on the pillow once again, he stood up and made his way out the door. Just outside, two guards stood by the door. Arthur or Merlin must have asked them to stand guard. "Make sure no one is to enter this room until I get back."

The only response he received from the guards was a slight nod. It was not hard to locate the blonde prince, for his shouting could be heard throughout the castle.


"What do you mean you found no trace of the murderer?" Arthur yelled. "One does not simply disappear! Someone had to of overheard something!" They had been searching throughout the entire night and still were no closer to identify the killer than they were hours ago.

"Arthur, calm down." Merlin pleaded with his friend. He was exhausted and was now sporting a big headache. He understood Arthur's desperation, but they needed to face the fact that there was nothing to be found.

"Calm down! My father is dying Merlin!" Arthur shouted at him. The entire night he had been on edge. Someone had managed to poison the king and left no trace. The thought sent chills of worry down his spine and if new got out that the king of Camelot had perished, other kingdoms would see it as a sign to attack. They had to find the killer and make sure no word of this got out.

Merlin was about to talk, when the doors to the throne room opened up to reveal the weary old physician. Everyone in the room stood, awaiting the news of the king's death.

"My father….. has he…" Arthur asked softly all anger gone from his voice. However, his body remained tense. Morgana and Gwen slowly made their way into the room, towards the prince and Merlin. They had awoken to shouting and decided to check it out, only to watch as Gaius entered the throne room containing the distraught prince.

"Your father is alive and has surprisingly made a full recovery." Gaius told them with a weak smile on his face. "It seems like the fates decided not to take him yet."

Arthur's eyes got big, before he rushed out of the room wanting to see for his self that his father was indeed alive and well. Gaius and Merlin looked at each other for a moment before following after the prince, leaving only Gwen and Morgana.

"This is great news!" Gwen exclaimed tears of joy filling her eyes. "Hurry, we must catch up with them." Tossing her friend a smile, she too rushed out of the room. No one noticed the dark look that crossed Morgana's face at hearing the fate of the king.


Arthur quickly tossed the door open to the medical room and rushed to his father's bedside. It was as Gaius had said; he seemed to be all right now. The color had returned to his face and there were no traces of pain.

A small groan caused Arthur's heart to jump. Slowly his father's eyes opened once again causing any doubt that lingered to vanish. "Father." Arthur whispered softly.

"Arthur." The king slightly smiled as he looked at his son. While the two of them may not always see eye to eye, they were very close and love each other very much.

"Welcome back father. How do you feel?" Arthur was relieved to hear his father's voice again. He had honestly thought that the next time he saw his father it would be at his funeral.

"Achy and this bed is not helping. Be a good boy and help your father to his room." Uther tried to sit up, only to be stopped by his son. Gaius, Merlin, Gwen had been watching the interaction from the doorway, not wanting to interrupt the moment.

"Gaius, is it safe to move my father?" Arthur asked. He did not want to take any risks while his father was still weak.

"He should be fine, but I want someone to watch over him in the case that something occurs." Gaius replied stepping fully into the room and towards the two men.

Gwen came up next to Gaius. She had never seen Arthur so distraught and it had broken her heart. She would do anything she could to prevent him from becoming like that again. "I can watch over him."

"Well then, I see no reason why he cannot be moved into his room." Gaius motioned to the two guards to help Arthur relocate the king. "I will be checking up on you throughout the day, so do not overexert yourself."

"I will be fine, Gaius. There is no need to keep watch over me." Uther told him with a slight whine to his voice.

"None the less, sire. I still feel like it is necessary until you have regained your strength."

Arthur started to help his father up, slinging his father's arm around his shoulders and his arm around his waist. Slowly the two made their way to the door, followed by Gwen and the soldiers. The moment Gaius was assured they were far enough away he shut the door and turned towards the young warlock.

"Please tell me you did not use the power of life and death to say Uther." Gaius asked firmly. He had been trying to wrap his mind around the possible cures that could have saved the king. The power of life and death is the only way he could explain the king's miraculous recovery and Merlin was the only wizard powerful enough to use its power.

"What? No! Why would I do that?" Merlin asked shocked that Gaius would think he would use that magic. It required a sacrifice and he could never sacrifice the life of an innocent.

"You mean you did not do anything to save Uther's life." Gaius was hesitant to ask. If Merlin did not save the king, then what did?

"Me, I thought you did." Merlin told him. He had been just as surprised as everyone else had when Gaius announced the new of the king's recovery. The old physician was never wrong when it came to diagnoses and if he said, it could not be cured than he figured it could not be cured.

"I do not hold the power to cure this." He said. "If you nor I cured him, then who did?"

Kagome had heard all the commotion going on in the room. It was hard to sleep with all that armor clanking around. She heard quite a lot and the moment the man beside her whispered the name Arthur she was on high alert. The only king Arthur she knew about was king Arthur of Camelot, which meant she was somewhere in 6th century England.

After the commotion died down, she slowly opened her eyes. It appears that the two men remaining in the room were too focused on the king's recovery to notice her. She could finally see all the herbs she smelled the night before. He had many different herb and remedies it was rather impressive.

Deciding to make her presence known, she interrupted the two bickering men. "You have quite the collection of medicinal herbs." The two quickly turned toward the melodious voice, finally noticing the young woman that Merlin had found the day before.

She turned away from the herb cabinet and smiled at the two men before her. "Good Morning."

"G…G..Good Morning" Merlin managed to reply. He had not even noticed she had moved. She had to be extremely graceful to walk without making a sound.

Gaius shook himself out of his stupor. How could he have been so foolish as to talk about magic without making sure she was unconscious? She now knew both Merlin and himself could wield magic.

Kagome noticed the worry laced in the old man's aura. Midoriko had told her magic was forbidden in this land and anyone found using magic was punished with death. "Do not worry. Your secret is safe with me." She said with a reassuring smile on her face.

"May I ask your name, young lady?" Gaius asked feeling a bit relieved at her reassurance. He did not need the guilt of Merlin's death on his head, not that he would have survived if the king found out either.

"I am Kagome." Kagome told them while looking at all the books aligned the shelf. They all were on herbs and medicine. 'I wonder if I could borrow a few of these.' Kagome thought to herself.

"Might I ask where you came from?" Gaius asked not wanting to scare the woman or cause her to remember something horrible.

"That is hard to answer." Kagome said looking up from a book she had opened to ponder the question. "You could say I am from far away."

"You are not giving very clear answers." Merlin grumbled.

Slamming the book shut, she quickly turned around. "Why should I answer you when you have not even introduced yourselves?" Kagome's eyes narrowed in irritation. She had hoped that men in this time would have some manners, but so far, she was not impressed.

"Forgive my student. I am Gaius and this idiot is Merlin." Gaius introduced. When Merlin lacked sleep he became snippy and grumpy, an attitude that seemed to upset the woman.

Kagome's eyes grew big as she focused her attention of the dark haired man. He was quite handsome in a sweet kind of way. He had dark hair, blue eyes, and was a good ten inches taller than she was. Despite what people may say, he was also quite muscular and tone. "Merlin…As in the great wizard Merlin?"

Merlin body grew tense. "Why do you say I am a great wizard?"

Kagome threw him another annoyed look. "I have only heard of one Merlin that knew and Arthur and he was a great sorcerer. Also your aura screams, "I have powerful magic.""

"Aura?" Gaius and Merlin asked simultaneously. They had never heard the word before and had no idea what it was.

"Yeah, everyone has an aura that surrounds their body. Everyone's aura is different and slight changes occur when sick, wounded, or what emotions the person is feeling. If the person carries power it can be felt through the aura. Unless, of course, you know how to bind your powers, then it becomes undetectable." Kagome told them.

"And you can feel Merlin's aura?" Gaius asked the young girl unsurely.

"Yes, I can feel everyone's auras." Kagome replied. "You could say it is one of the many gifts I have."

Gaius stared at the young woman, trying to process all she had said. She talked about gifts, does that mean she was a sorcerous, or some kind of mythical creature.

Kagome could tell they were slowly processing what she had told them and decided to resume her study of the room. Walking over to the small workbench, she smelled the many different bottles. They contained the same smell that was on the king. "This is what you had rubbed on the king. Is it an antidote? If so, it did not work very well."

"It was something to help him breath, unfortunately there is no…."Gaius stopped mid-sentence, his eyes growing wide. She knew the king was sick and what herbs that he had put on him. She also knew that the medicine did nothing to cure his illness. "You… were you responsible for the king's recovery."

Merlin's head wiped around to look at Gaius. Surprise and astonishment oozed out of every pore. It was written in his face, his body language, and his voice. "How could she heal an incurable poison?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Kagome asked sharply before turning to smile at the shocked man. "Yes, I was the one who healed the king."

"You're a sorceress! You used the power of life and death!" Merlin exclaimed. He prayed for whatever innocent soul she used as a sacrifice.

"Power of life and death?" Kagome asked. Midoriko never taught her about that, nor how to harness that power. However, she could tell it was something bad when the young man's aura flared with anger and sorrow.

"It is the power to restore or create life." Gaius explained sadly. "But it comes with a cost. In order to use the power a life must be taken in its place."

Kagome gasped in surprise and horror. They thought she sacrificed someone! "That's horrible! I could never sacrifice the life of an innocent!"

"Then how could you have cured him?" Merlin asked his tone laced with underlying anger.

"I healed him." Her words did not seem to comfort the two men so she tried to think of another way to explain it. "I purified the toxins out of the body with my powers."

"Purified?" Gaius asked. He could tell she was a good person and would never harm someone intentionally. She actually reminded him a lot of Merlin. However, there was a chance she was unaware of the consequences to the spell she cast.

"Yes, purified." Kagome stated. Sighing Kagome decided to show them. Picking up one of the swords leaning against the wall, she pressed her palm to it, drawing blood.

Gaius and Merlin watched as the young woman showed them her bleeding palm. Gaius was about to grab his kit, knowing a wound like that would require stitches. However, before he could move her hand started to glow a soft pink. Before their eyes, the wound stitched itself back together. The only trace of the wound was the blood still on her hands.

"What are you?" Merlin asked. A smile made its way onto his face, the excitement at finding another powerful magic user wiped away any anger or drowsiness.