The Grandchildren of The 2 Great Lords

Disclaimer: I wish not to own the characters of Nurarihyon no mago and of Inuyasha… I salute their rightful owners.

A/N: I will be narrating the story, not from Kameko or Yura's POV.

Chapter 15

The frail body of the young miko lay on the ground; dust covering her newly washed hair. Her left arm was displayed before her as she had tried to reach for her bag before she passed out. Nobody was around; her breathing was no longer audible.

Soon after, the high school basketball star, Hihi Shoei was saying goodbye to his teammates when he heard the scream of a woman. He ran outside to see his favorite teacher, Hamasaki Wakana, kneeling beside the body of what looks to be another woman.

Before even reaching the body, he yelled,

"Hamasaki-sensei, what happened?" but before Hamasaki-sensei could answer, he had already recognized the body. She was not breathing. Not even thinking, Shoei grabbed Kameko bridal-style and ran towards the infirmary, with Hamasaki-sensei at his heels. She looked pale and her body was loosing any warmth it had before. Wakana trying to help took off her jacket and placed it on top of Kameko's cold body, all while still running.

Some of the students that heard the scream had already gathered; some even ran to deliver the news to any of the members of the Nura Gumi they encountered first.

She is getting colder by the second… I can't let that happen, thought Shoei. He held her closer to himself, hoping it would help her.

Earlier that afternoon, Zen-sama had come to pay a visit to Rikuo at his school. They where all gathered in the student lounge, right above the dining hall. Students were allowed to be there before 9pm. Gathered together with them was also Yura, Itaku and Seiichimaru. Yura and Itaku had previously met Zen, but not Seiichimaru, so both where getting to know each other when,

"Rikuo! Rikuo-sama?" bursting through the door came a crow youkai by the name of Ichiro.

"What is wrong, Ichiro-kun?" said Kurotabo as he walked forward to the panting youkai. The room when quiet as they dreaded the news…

"Kameko… Kameko-chan…" panted Ichiro.

Rikuo needed not to hear any longer as he ran through the doors like a soul fleeing from the devil's call. Seiichimaru, Itaku and Zen ran after Rikuo.

"Rikuo-sama!" both Yuki-Onna and Kubinashi yelled after Rikuo, also following.

"What happened, Ichiro?" yelled Kurotabo, grabbing the crow youkai by the shoulders.

"Shoei-kun was running with her carrying her in his arms, with Hamasaki-sensei behind him… she looked pale, as if…" he didn't want to say it, "she look dead, Kurotabo-sama" Ichiro responded rather sad.

Yura gasped as she too ran towards the infirmary. Behind her came Ao and Kurotabo.

Rikuo was the first to arrive to the infirmary, just after Shoei and Hamasaki-sensei had gone inside. Zen came back panting but soon regained his strength.

"Where is she?" Rikuo yelled at the nurse, who told him to back off.

"Master, you must wait here…" Kubinashi was grabbing Rikuo, whom had already gone mental, screaming and yelling at the nurse to let him in.

Zen told the nurse he was from the Yakushi Clan and that he specialized in making medicine and that she should let him help. The nurse hesitated but she obliged. Zen went inside.

He pushed past Hamasaki-sensei and Shoei who was still standing by her side. She had on a warming blanket.

"Shoei, tell me what you saw," he said serious.

"She was lying on the ground where Hamasaki-sensei found her," Shoei said as Zen got closer to examine her, "she has being getting colder and colder and she wasn't breathing," the nurse had already intubated her. Her heart rate was high, so was her respiratory rate. You could see her inspiration was with much effort. Her blood pressure was very low. If they didn't do something quickly, she would go into shock.

That's when Zen noticed the smell on her clothes. He turned towards Hamasaki-sensei,

"Woman, did she smelled like this when you got there?" his question made everyone jump.

"I felt the smell but it was faint, I began panting but nothing happened," said Hamasaki-sensei, with a very worried look on her face.

"Its cytisus scoparius*; in other words British Broom, it's a rare flower in Japan but is very common in Britain and Ireland," he explained as he was looking for something in his bag (yes, he was carrying a small bag with herbs and stuff), "in other words, the girl here was poisoned…"

"Poisoned?" Hamasaki-sensei gasped.

"Yes… if you infuse this flower, a very sharp, pungent smell comes out of it. It is very strong at the moment but it later dissipates in an open environment, reason why you didn't feel its effects. The person who did this, was surely waiting for her," Zen explained.

"So, you are saying that she was poisoned on purpose by somebody…." Shoei concluded. "Rikuo-sama is not going to be happy about this…"

"I need hot water and a tea cup, I have the antidote," ordered Zen to one of the nurses. "And also, please take off the intubation tube, she won't be able to drink the remedy… a oxygen mask at 100% O2 is going to suffice."

"I should go outside and tell the others, are you sure that its going to work Zen-sama?" asked Shoei already walking out.

"If she is whom I've heard about, her youkai blood will be able to withstand the poison; hopefully absorbing it. This is the only reason she is not dead…" stated Zen.

Outside, Aotabo had to grab Rikuo for him not to barge into the room and disrupt Zen from doing his work.

"Rikuo-sama, we must trust that Zen-sama is going to help her," Kubinashi said, trying to reason with Rikuo. He wasn't listening. His eyes were a pure fire red. Before he invoked Kyokasuigetsu, Itaku had already placed one of his sickles around Rikuo's neck, immobilizing him. Seiichimaru spoke,

"Rikuo, I am outraged too for what they did to my sister, but you must trust that her youkai blood will take over… We will avenge her, Rikuo… but we must sit and wait for the results before we act."

"If something happens to her…" Rikuo said with so much pain in his voice, "I will not forgive whoever did this to her…"

"It is not easy but we must wait," said Itaku. "I'm angered too, we will find the son of a bitch who did this and make him pay."

At that moment Shoei came out into the waiting room. Rikuo was the first to run over to him.

"Shoei, what happened?" he asked, trying to find his composure. The room temperature decreased as they waited for the answer.

Shoei told him everything from where he found her to what Zen had just said.

"So you are saying she was poisoned by a rare flower that is not even found in Japan?" Kurotabo asked.

"Yeah," said Zen as he walked out of the room. Everybody ran towards him, even Seiichimaru.

"How is she?" Both Seiichimaru and Rikuo asked at the same time.

"She's fighting the poison. Her blood pressure began raising and her heart and respiratory rate began coming down after I administered the antidote, she's going to be all right," everyone in the room sighed of relief. "But she still has a fever; we are sure she'll make it."

"Can I see her?" an eager Rikuo asked.

"The nurse won't let anyone come inside until the fever comes down; I will be with her, so do not worry Rikuo, she will be ok," this last part Zen said it with a smile that reassured everyone in the room.

"You came in the right time, Zen-sama," said Yuki-Onna.

"She would've being dead… we need to find the bastards who did this!" Itaku said.

"We must think this through," said Kurotabo.

"Who else do think could have done this!" Itaku yelled at Kurotabo. The latter didn't even fuss.

"It has to be someone with extense knowledge of plants and poisons, someone with access to that kind of plant," Zen inquired.

"I will have someone find out which member of the Band of Seven knows anything about plants or has an affinity for plants, like Zen here said," Rikuo said. And with that he walked out the main door.

Kubinashi ran after Rikuo trying to stop him from doing something stupid. He then saw a dark figure disappear soon after he ran to Rikuo's side. The latter smirked and went back inside the infirmary. Kubinashi was left there bewildered.

"Young Master, who was that?" asked Kubinashi after he ran back inside.

"Ichiro, I asked him to find out who it was who did this," he said with his eyes looked and arms crossed.

"The bastard will pay."

Ok, fellas… I know some of you who are plant or flower avid or just simply want to know about the Cytisus scoparius or Scotch Broom, commonly known as British Broom in Britain and Ireland. This plant has certain alkaloids that depress the heart and nervous system. I'm not sure how it works, if you eat the plant, suck the nectar o eat the seed; so I decided to play with it. Also I didn't get to look for an antidote, but for the sake of the story, there is one (you can always count on Zen-kun to help . ) This plant sure had the effects I planned Kameko on having.

So, there you have it… questions are obviously accepted!