InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shippo's First Love Remembered and Returned ❯ She Had to See Him ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter Three: She Had to See Him

The morning breeze cooled Sazuky as she rested on the porch. She watched the sky turn from a dark velvet sprinkled with silver to splashes of a rich purple, pink, and yellow. The blazing globe of fire crawled up through the paint. Warmth spread through her body as the suns light made its way up her petite frame. All night her mind fought back and fourth and she finally knew what she would do. I'm going to find him. I'm going to get to know him. I'm going to love him.

She rose from the porch and entered her bamboo home. Sazuky lived alone and it took her no time at all to pack her meager belongings and leave her small abode behind. The forest blanketed the tiny girl in shadow as she made her way down a dirt path. A song sprang forth from her throat to pass the time. A clearing appeared before her at the end of the road.

The grass swayed with the lull of the breeze. Her dark eyes gazed over the open space and found a broken down shack in the far east, almost in the woods. It looks like it used to be quite huge and grand, but now it seemed only a part of the house survived. Her legs lead Sazuky over to the entrance and she peered in. Maybe I can find someone to give me directions to the nearest village. She found a man that had one arm and a broken nose. His face was so swollen that he couldn't open his eyes.

"Are you still alive?" Sazuky asked while rushing to his side. No answer came forth, but his head moved a slight bit. Blood covered most of the floor and it didn't seem that anyone else was there. "What happened?" she questioned more to herself than to anyone else.

"A… demon," the figure below Sazuky made out huskily.

"Oh! You're alive!" she blurted out surprised. The young girl quickly rushed out to find some water. Outside, on the part of the porch that was still there, she found a bucket. After walking a short distance into the mass of trees she found a stream. The bucket plunged into the water with help of her strength. The girl trotted back to the broken house and let the man drink from her palm, for lack of anything else to use.

"Thank you," he mumbled after drinking as much as he could. She laid his head back down.

"What happened?" she asked again. He tried to open his eyes and look at her face, but only some of his black pupils could be seen.

"A demon attacked my home," he started to tell her through his parched lips; "A horrible demon attacked us, killed, and ate my wife and three children. I barely made through the ordeal alive. The only reason I did was because it was full. I passed out and it probably thought I was dead. I woke up much later when it was night and searched for everyone, but no one was left. I fell here and haven't moved for a day or so." Tears appeared in his puffy eyes and streamed down the raw flesh.

She tore off a small piece of her kimono and began to wash his face carefully. After wiping off the dirt and blood she looked through the house for more cloth and found some more fabric in a small closet in the back. This will be perfect for his arm. After taking the clean sheets to where the man laid she began to boil water.

"Sir, I've been taught a little bit by a priestess the art of healing. That is what I want to become some day…a great healer. I'm going out to find some herbs for your wounds," she informed the injured man. He didn't answer and she turned away to leave and gather up her leaves and roots. He stared at her as she faded away from him.

This is perfect. She will be mine. Then I will have my next meal. He grinned evilly at the thought of the maiden underneath him. He wanted her bad enough to play this prank. I will have her.

Sazuky wandered around the opening in the woods. She desperately searched for the plants she knew would help the wounded man get better. Kagome, help me to remember what you taught me. I need your guidance. After frantically hunting for the herbs she found the ones she needed at a large waterfall. Behind the falling water laid a small mossy knoll that held the rare herb that would bring anyone on the brink of death back to life. This is what I needed! Her hands greedily grasped at the certain plant that she found collecting all of it.

"I wonder how Shippo is right now," she wondered a loud to herself. She gathered as much as she could as left to go back to the wreck. After entering the room she checked the water that she put on to boil. She added more to the pot and added some of the leaves and stocks after slicing them as thin as she could.

"Sir, I'm going to wash your wounds with the herb and hot water," she gently assured the hurting man.

"Yes, thank you," he replied.

Something feels wrong. Shippo knew something was happening. He stopped his playing, or training, with Taka and smelled the wind. He couldn't grasp it, but there was something there just out of his reach.