Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Fairen Destiny ❯ Chapter 6

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Misao slowly stirred from her sleep. Her body was slightly stiff and sore and for a moment she forgot why. Then she remembered the dracin attack had and quickly looked down at herself. Her armor was missing, as was her weapons, and her right arm and leg were both in casts. Other than that she couldn't see any other injuries. She stood up and attempted to flap her wings. They wouldn't move….at all. `Megumi.'

Sitting back down, she looked around her. Kaoru and Kenshin were both still asleep in their beds, in much the same condition as she was by the looks of it. She didn't see Megumi anywhere; she must have been outside or something.

Her suspicions were confirmed as she heard wings flapping outside. The door opened and Megumi entered the hut, her arms full of plants and herbs. She set them down and went to close door, accidentally slamming it. Kenshin shot up instantly and grabbed his head, wincing. He looked around for what interrupted his sleep, his eyes landing on Megumi; he glared accusingly but only mumbled to himself. .

"What are doing awake? You should still be resting." Megumi fixed Misao with a hard stare but Misao was awake and she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep if she tried.

"I'm fine Megumi. I just want to get Kenshin and Kaoru and go now please." Misao was going to stand up but was Megumi quickly pushed her back down.

"Not yet. I healed your injuries but you're all still weak and you are going to stay in bed until you've had more time to recover." Her tone was final and didn't allow room for argument. Misao merely pouted and Kenshin stayed quiet. "Though if you insist on staying awake you can tell me what exactly happened that would cause you to come here ready to keel over."

"We were attacked by dragons." Megumi turned her attention to Kenshin when he spoke.

"Dragons? Is that what caused those teeth marks on Kaoru? Misao what were dragons doing in a forest full of dracins?"

"They weren't dragons Kenshin; those were dracins-"

"Dracins!? Misao why didn't you tell me earlier!? I never checked for that! Kaoru could be dead by now!" Megumi leaped to Kaoru's bedside instantly, looking over her with her hand glowing white. Kenshin didn't have a clue what she was doing.

"Megumi relax! Kaoru's not going to die. She'd be dead already if she was. She somehow got rid of the venom."

Okay now Kenshin was really confused. "What are you talking about? Dragons aren't poisonous. And why do keep calling them `dracins'?"

Misao sighed at his being clueless, acting as if it were the most obvious things in the world. "Did they look like dragons to you?" the look on his face clearly said yes making Misao shake her head. She held out her hands palm up and in each hand made a small reptilian model. At first Kenshin though they were the same but then he started noticing the two creatures' differences.

Floating in inch above her right hand was a miniature version of what had attacked them last night, a dracin. Its long snake-like neck and tail were lined with horns and spikes as was its back; its body was covered in large scales. Saliva trickled down its closed mouth full of razor sharp teeth, some protruding from its killer jaws. It stood with an aggressive stance as if it could and would attack anything that moved.

Above her other hand was a miniature dragon. The dragon had large wings folded along its body and its neck and tail, though long, weren't nearly as elongated as the dracin's. It didn't have scales but instead smooth leathery skin. It had had two horns atop its head and a line of spines ran from its neck to its tail. No teeth protruded from its mouth and the way it stood was much different then the dracin. The dracin stood aggressive and wanted to show off all its strength but the dragon seemed to conceal its real strength while still looking powerful. Just by looking at it he could tell it was far more intelligent than the dracin.

"Dracins are really big lizards and dragons are…um…dragons. The one in my right hand is a dracin and the one in my left hand is a dragon. Dragons are a lot nicer than dracins and way smarter; they can talk if they want but dracins just growl and roar. Dragons can breathe fire and ice and dracins only breathe fire. And another difference is dracins are venomous but dragons aren't-"

"Wait! You're telling me those things were poisonous? All those times I almost got bit I could have been poisoned!"

Misao nodded her head like it was no big deal. "Yeah if the bite you, their venom's like acid; it kills you in just a few minutes by dissolving you from the inside out." Kenshin had just one word to say.

"ORO!" Kenshin fell back on his bed, gaping. He remembered that sticky green stuff that he now found out was probably the venom. Those things could have killed him just by spitting at him. The thought caused a string of `oro's to issue from his mouth. But Kaoru had been bit and she was still was alive. How did that work? Did she have some sort of immunity or something? He stared at her sleeping on her bed with Megumi still looking over her, hand still glowing white.

"If Kaoru got bit then how come she's alive?"

"I honestly don't know. It takes a lot of magic to heal dracin venom and you have to be quick about it. Then there's all the healing whatever the venom got to. Misao what happened? Did you do this?"

"Nope. And her necklaces are either busted or unused. And Kenshin here couldn't do it so it had to be Kaoru but I don't have a clue how she did it."

"Kaoru can't use magic though. I'll ask Lady Tomoe. She might know." Megumi spoke more to herself than Misao and Kenshin still trying to find some sign of the venom. Finally accepting that she wouldn't find anything she stood up.

"Well I don't see any thing wrong with her. It's like she wasn't bit by a dracin at all. I don't know what she did but it saved her life."

"Alright now you both need to rest. Back to bed."

"But Meg-"

Megumi held up her hand, silencing any of Misao's protests. "If you rest now you can leave this evening, but only if you do as told."

Misao crossed her arms but smiled as she went to lie down in her bed. Kenshin was already in bed, having not gotten out but he lay down to try to go to sleep again. He didn't want to know what she'd do to him if he disobeyed her.

Misao and Kenshin must have been very tired still because no sooner than had they lay down though did they both fall asleep. Megumi smirked and left the hut, this time quietly shutting the door behind her.

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