Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Reunited ❯ Chapter 25
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.01.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 279 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.01.2004 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.3K | Visits: 279 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 25
"There's nothing I can do about this." Nana said. "No one in the village has ever had to deal with the venom of a winged serpent before."
"Except Takken," Botan said.
Kurama could smell the poison from the blade, and he knew how to cure it, but the plant needed was so rare that he didn't even know the name of it. "I know how to cure her," he said, "but the plant needed is too rare, I don't even know the name of the plant, or what species of plant it belongs to."
"That's definitely a bad thing," Yuseke said, "Something that Kurama doesn't know, we might as well put Shiroi out of her misery now."
For that, he received a blow to the head from Hiei that knocked him out of his seat. "Say that again and I'll put you out of your misery," he growled.
"Sorry," Yuseke mumbled as he rubbed his head.
Sansa sighed, but then something made him look out the window. "My memory must be failing me, I forgot."
"Forgot what?" Botan answered.
"The traders from the village on the other side of the valley come today," Elder Sansa answered. "But to put it directly, they're here."
"And this concerns us how?" Yuseke asked.
"There are several herb merchants," Sansa answered, "Does that answer you question?"
"Then what are we sitting around here for?" Yuseke asked as he got to his feet.
"Don't get your hopes up too high Yuseke," Kurama warned. "Like I said, the plant is rare. I'll be surprised if any of these merchants have, and if they do, I doubt they'll part with it very easily."
"Kurama is right," Sansa said. "An herb that rare will go for a high bounty, not that I'm saying that I have a price limit.
Kurama thought for a moment, "How soon will the traders start their trading and selling?"
"As soon as they set up shop," Sansa answered, "Which would be about any time now."
"May we go then?" Kurama asked.
"How can I say no?" Sansa asked, and all of them except Hiei and Nana left the house.
***
The area the traders used to set up shop was near the exit of the village, probably where they came in. There were over two- dozen carts and stands, with very enthusiastic traders and bargainers.
All of them were pelted with requests, begging and haggling from all of the traders. Yuseke was about ready to use his spirit gun on them when they reached the herbs and medicine stands.
There were four stands, all of them containing different herbs and spices. One held powerful medicinal herbs, and Kurama went to that one first. He surveyed the contents of the stand, impressed by many of the herbs and medicines the merchant had to offer.
The merchant herself, was calm and wasn't offering or suggesting any of her contents to him. Kurama could tell very easily that she was an apparition that controlled plants, just by the look in her eyes.
"Are you looking for anything in particular?" she finally asked.
"Yes," Kurama answered, "but sadly I do not know the name of the plant I am looking for. I'm sure that information is of no help to you."
The merchant smiled, "Depends, just describe to me what the herb does." Kurama relayed the plant's description, and the woman sighed. "Well, your description also relates to similar looking plants, but the one you seek I do know of, but I'm not sure I have any. I'll look, and check the other merchants to see if they have it, because I may not."
Kurama nodded, and told the others.
"I'm crossing my fingers," Botan said.
"Lets do as she says and check the other two stands," Sansa said. "They might have something that may be useful to us as well as the plant we need."
They nodded and checked out the others stands.
The first two held mostly spices and pleasant smelling herbs, but nothing for what they were looking for. The third on though, had something.
"Ah yes," said the merchant, his voice slow and oily, definitely someone to watch out for. "I know what you desire, but I do not have it, but I do have something." He reached under the table and pulled out a small bottle of acid green liquid. "This may be of some help."
Kurama took the bottle and unstopped it. He sniffed the contents, identifying all of the herbs used in it. They would be of some use, but how long it would last and how effectively it would work was a mystery to him.
"All right," he said as he re-stopped the bottle, "We'll take it, how much?"
"Ah," the merchant said, his eyes flashing, "Normally this potion costs a pretty penny."
"Cost is something we are not concerned about," Kurama said dangerously. "Now get to the point, how much is it?"
The merchant didn't seem fazed. "Ten gold coins, and I go no lower."
Sansa sighed. To the village, ten gold coins were normally hard to come by, and was worth quite a lot. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the coins.
Botan noticed the look on the old man's face. She reached into her own pocket and pulled out three gold coins. "Here," she said to Elder Sansa as she handed him the coins, "This may help a little."
Elder Sansa smiled, "Thank you Botan, I appreciate it." He put the money down on the table, but said something before he let the merchant take it. "If this doesn't work," he said, "You'll be hearing from us, and I hope you run fast."
The merchant gulped, but nodded. Kurama took the bottle and carefully put it in his pocket. They made their way back to the medicine merchant, hoping she had found what they were looking for.
"Lets see," the woman, said, "Might this be it?" She pulled a plant out from under the table, and from the look on Kurama's face; it was what they were looking for.
The fox demon nodded, "Yes, it is. What do you want for it?"
The plant apparition thought for a moment, "Well, since I have very few, and they're very hard to come by, normally I wouldn't even sell it unless the buyer had something very good to offer."
Kurama nodded, hoping that what this apparition wanted was something they had.
"As for your payment," she said. "I will give this for right now for no charge, but on one condition."
"And that is?" Kurama asked.
"Bring the victim by that needs the plant, I will get the payment from that person."
"That may take a few days," Kurama said. "The poison has had nearly half a day to go through her, and the potion may take a day or two to work, and then the wound itself is another matter."
"We will be here for a week and a half," the apparition said, "Come to me as late as you possibly need to, but you must come, or I'll hunt you down."
Kurama nodded, "I thank you, the woman who needs this means a lot to all of us."
The woman nodded and Kurama and the others went back to Sansa's house.
***
Nana saw them running toward the house from the window. "Did you get it?" she asked as she met them at the door.
Kurama held up the plant, "It shouldn't take me long to make the antidote."
Hiei was listening by the doorway to the room Shiroi was in. Hearing that Kurama had gotten the plant caused only minor relief to spread through him. He looked back at Shiroi, whom was shaking where she lay on the bed.
He walked over to her. Her fever had gone up while they others had been gone, and she was shivering. Hiei touched a frozen hand, but then pulled away when Botan came into the room, a small bottle in her hands.
"We got something else to slow the poison down until Kurama finishes making the antidote," she said as she unstopped the bottle. Kurama said to get the woman only three drops at a time. "Can you hold her head?"
Hiei nodded and held the young woman's head as Botan tried to administer the potion. After losing four drops, Botan finally managed to get three drops of the potion beyond the young woman's lips.
"That was easier said than done," Botan said as she re-stopped the bottle and put it on the bedside table. She turned back to Shiroi, not surprised to still find the demon at her side. She felt a little sorry for Hiei, she doubted that Hiei had ever felt such emotion for someone before, except for maybe his sister, but she knew that it wasn't to this degree. "There's nothing else you can do right now for her Hiei."
Hiei glared at her, "I know that, but I'd like to see you make me leave this room."
(He's got a good point there,) Botan thought to herself. She sighed and turned to leave, "If Kurama doesn't finish that antidote in an hour, can I trust you to give Shiroi three more drops of the potion when that hour comes?"
Hiei nodded, and Botan left the room.
Botan sat down in the living room, "That wasn't easy."
"What?" Yuseke asked, "Giving Shiroi the potion?"
"Well that wasn't easy either," Botan answered, "But that wasn't what I meant."
"What did you mean?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hiei," Botan answered, "He's taking this really hard. He won' leave the room, much less Shiroi's side."
"Well what were you expecting?" Yuseke asked, "He's been in love with her for over five years, you really think he's going to leave her alone when she's close to death from a poison?"
"I didn't say he would," Botan answered, "It's just, the look he has in his eyes isn't something any of us have seen before."
"Shiroi's made Hiei do some crazy things," Yuseke pointed out, "This shouldn't be much of a surprise, not that seeing concern out of Hiei is something you see every day."
"Isn't that the truth?" Botan said with a sigh. "Well, lets just hope Kurama finishes with that antidote soon, or we'll be seeing mourning out of Hiei instead of concern."
Kurama overheard the entire conversation from the room he was working in. The antidote he was making was easy to make, but was time consuming, something he hated.
(That potion from that merchant should slow the poison down,) he thought, (I should hopefully have the potion done by the time a second dose is needed, that's when I'll give this to her.)
***
Author's Note: Cool, I finished another chapter. Well, now that I have a five-day weekend I'll try and get more stuff up. As for that plant Kurama gets, I haven't really gotten a good picture of it in my mind, so imagine it however you want to. Review me and tell me what you think.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 25
"There's nothing I can do about this." Nana said. "No one in the village has ever had to deal with the venom of a winged serpent before."
"Except Takken," Botan said.
Kurama could smell the poison from the blade, and he knew how to cure it, but the plant needed was so rare that he didn't even know the name of it. "I know how to cure her," he said, "but the plant needed is too rare, I don't even know the name of the plant, or what species of plant it belongs to."
"That's definitely a bad thing," Yuseke said, "Something that Kurama doesn't know, we might as well put Shiroi out of her misery now."
For that, he received a blow to the head from Hiei that knocked him out of his seat. "Say that again and I'll put you out of your misery," he growled.
"Sorry," Yuseke mumbled as he rubbed his head.
Sansa sighed, but then something made him look out the window. "My memory must be failing me, I forgot."
"Forgot what?" Botan answered.
"The traders from the village on the other side of the valley come today," Elder Sansa answered. "But to put it directly, they're here."
"And this concerns us how?" Yuseke asked.
"There are several herb merchants," Sansa answered, "Does that answer you question?"
"Then what are we sitting around here for?" Yuseke asked as he got to his feet.
"Don't get your hopes up too high Yuseke," Kurama warned. "Like I said, the plant is rare. I'll be surprised if any of these merchants have, and if they do, I doubt they'll part with it very easily."
"Kurama is right," Sansa said. "An herb that rare will go for a high bounty, not that I'm saying that I have a price limit.
Kurama thought for a moment, "How soon will the traders start their trading and selling?"
"As soon as they set up shop," Sansa answered, "Which would be about any time now."
"May we go then?" Kurama asked.
"How can I say no?" Sansa asked, and all of them except Hiei and Nana left the house.
***
The area the traders used to set up shop was near the exit of the village, probably where they came in. There were over two- dozen carts and stands, with very enthusiastic traders and bargainers.
All of them were pelted with requests, begging and haggling from all of the traders. Yuseke was about ready to use his spirit gun on them when they reached the herbs and medicine stands.
There were four stands, all of them containing different herbs and spices. One held powerful medicinal herbs, and Kurama went to that one first. He surveyed the contents of the stand, impressed by many of the herbs and medicines the merchant had to offer.
The merchant herself, was calm and wasn't offering or suggesting any of her contents to him. Kurama could tell very easily that she was an apparition that controlled plants, just by the look in her eyes.
"Are you looking for anything in particular?" she finally asked.
"Yes," Kurama answered, "but sadly I do not know the name of the plant I am looking for. I'm sure that information is of no help to you."
The merchant smiled, "Depends, just describe to me what the herb does." Kurama relayed the plant's description, and the woman sighed. "Well, your description also relates to similar looking plants, but the one you seek I do know of, but I'm not sure I have any. I'll look, and check the other merchants to see if they have it, because I may not."
Kurama nodded, and told the others.
"I'm crossing my fingers," Botan said.
"Lets do as she says and check the other two stands," Sansa said. "They might have something that may be useful to us as well as the plant we need."
They nodded and checked out the others stands.
The first two held mostly spices and pleasant smelling herbs, but nothing for what they were looking for. The third on though, had something.
"Ah yes," said the merchant, his voice slow and oily, definitely someone to watch out for. "I know what you desire, but I do not have it, but I do have something." He reached under the table and pulled out a small bottle of acid green liquid. "This may be of some help."
Kurama took the bottle and unstopped it. He sniffed the contents, identifying all of the herbs used in it. They would be of some use, but how long it would last and how effectively it would work was a mystery to him.
"All right," he said as he re-stopped the bottle, "We'll take it, how much?"
"Ah," the merchant said, his eyes flashing, "Normally this potion costs a pretty penny."
"Cost is something we are not concerned about," Kurama said dangerously. "Now get to the point, how much is it?"
The merchant didn't seem fazed. "Ten gold coins, and I go no lower."
Sansa sighed. To the village, ten gold coins were normally hard to come by, and was worth quite a lot. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the coins.
Botan noticed the look on the old man's face. She reached into her own pocket and pulled out three gold coins. "Here," she said to Elder Sansa as she handed him the coins, "This may help a little."
Elder Sansa smiled, "Thank you Botan, I appreciate it." He put the money down on the table, but said something before he let the merchant take it. "If this doesn't work," he said, "You'll be hearing from us, and I hope you run fast."
The merchant gulped, but nodded. Kurama took the bottle and carefully put it in his pocket. They made their way back to the medicine merchant, hoping she had found what they were looking for.
"Lets see," the woman, said, "Might this be it?" She pulled a plant out from under the table, and from the look on Kurama's face; it was what they were looking for.
The fox demon nodded, "Yes, it is. What do you want for it?"
The plant apparition thought for a moment, "Well, since I have very few, and they're very hard to come by, normally I wouldn't even sell it unless the buyer had something very good to offer."
Kurama nodded, hoping that what this apparition wanted was something they had.
"As for your payment," she said. "I will give this for right now for no charge, but on one condition."
"And that is?" Kurama asked.
"Bring the victim by that needs the plant, I will get the payment from that person."
"That may take a few days," Kurama said. "The poison has had nearly half a day to go through her, and the potion may take a day or two to work, and then the wound itself is another matter."
"We will be here for a week and a half," the apparition said, "Come to me as late as you possibly need to, but you must come, or I'll hunt you down."
Kurama nodded, "I thank you, the woman who needs this means a lot to all of us."
The woman nodded and Kurama and the others went back to Sansa's house.
***
Nana saw them running toward the house from the window. "Did you get it?" she asked as she met them at the door.
Kurama held up the plant, "It shouldn't take me long to make the antidote."
Hiei was listening by the doorway to the room Shiroi was in. Hearing that Kurama had gotten the plant caused only minor relief to spread through him. He looked back at Shiroi, whom was shaking where she lay on the bed.
He walked over to her. Her fever had gone up while they others had been gone, and she was shivering. Hiei touched a frozen hand, but then pulled away when Botan came into the room, a small bottle in her hands.
"We got something else to slow the poison down until Kurama finishes making the antidote," she said as she unstopped the bottle. Kurama said to get the woman only three drops at a time. "Can you hold her head?"
Hiei nodded and held the young woman's head as Botan tried to administer the potion. After losing four drops, Botan finally managed to get three drops of the potion beyond the young woman's lips.
"That was easier said than done," Botan said as she re-stopped the bottle and put it on the bedside table. She turned back to Shiroi, not surprised to still find the demon at her side. She felt a little sorry for Hiei, she doubted that Hiei had ever felt such emotion for someone before, except for maybe his sister, but she knew that it wasn't to this degree. "There's nothing else you can do right now for her Hiei."
Hiei glared at her, "I know that, but I'd like to see you make me leave this room."
(He's got a good point there,) Botan thought to herself. She sighed and turned to leave, "If Kurama doesn't finish that antidote in an hour, can I trust you to give Shiroi three more drops of the potion when that hour comes?"
Hiei nodded, and Botan left the room.
Botan sat down in the living room, "That wasn't easy."
"What?" Yuseke asked, "Giving Shiroi the potion?"
"Well that wasn't easy either," Botan answered, "But that wasn't what I meant."
"What did you mean?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hiei," Botan answered, "He's taking this really hard. He won' leave the room, much less Shiroi's side."
"Well what were you expecting?" Yuseke asked, "He's been in love with her for over five years, you really think he's going to leave her alone when she's close to death from a poison?"
"I didn't say he would," Botan answered, "It's just, the look he has in his eyes isn't something any of us have seen before."
"Shiroi's made Hiei do some crazy things," Yuseke pointed out, "This shouldn't be much of a surprise, not that seeing concern out of Hiei is something you see every day."
"Isn't that the truth?" Botan said with a sigh. "Well, lets just hope Kurama finishes with that antidote soon, or we'll be seeing mourning out of Hiei instead of concern."
Kurama overheard the entire conversation from the room he was working in. The antidote he was making was easy to make, but was time consuming, something he hated.
(That potion from that merchant should slow the poison down,) he thought, (I should hopefully have the potion done by the time a second dose is needed, that's when I'll give this to her.)
***
Author's Note: Cool, I finished another chapter. Well, now that I have a five-day weekend I'll try and get more stuff up. As for that plant Kurama gets, I haven't really gotten a good picture of it in my mind, so imagine it however you want to. Review me and tell me what you think.