TMNT Ninja Tribunal

Chapter 13

Firewing layed on the ground with her eyes closed. Her chest raised only a liitle when she took in a breath. It looked as though she was sleeping. On the right side of her neck, it looked as though something had bitten her and tore the skin away reveal the flesh. There were more of these wounds covering her body. Her blue shirt had been almost torn away completely. Her legs had deep cuts in them and covered in dust. 

"Ugh." She said in a low tone. She rolled onto her right side and kept her eyes closed. Leo's hand shot over to her to keep her from moving. 

"You're hurt. Don't move." He warned.

"I'm fine." She said in a stern voice as she stood up after pushing his hand away. "See?" She said. She stood on both legs in a regular stance. Her eyes were open and showed no pain. "Can we please go?" She asked. "The poison in my body will not last for ever." She said quietly. Her voice was calm and she had a half hearted smile on her face. But she was kind. "Come. Let's get that artifact and get back to the Tribunal." With that, she walked past everyone and began making her way back tot he entrance to the cavern. The group followed after grabbing the box.

Later that night....

Fire sat outside with everyone else around a fake fire. She had bandages on her neck and legs. Everyone sat in silence. Fire watched as the flames danced, but her gaze turned up to Raph who held his leg wound. He and everyone else had wounds. Fire rose to feet and walked around the fire to sit down next to him. She removed the blanket that covered her body. Foragie gazed at the scaring across her light skin. Some bigger than others, and he could only wonder where they had come from. 

"Here. Let me heal you." Fire said, moving Raph's hands away. "The medicine is not going to work for much longer." Her voice was a sweet as ever. Slowly, she placed a hand on the gash on his leg and pressed her hand into it. He let out a gasp of pain as her fingers dug into wound. "I would have thought Ancient One would have known you had been bitten." She looked up at Raph. "I know it hurts, but there is something that i need to get out of wound before it can heal." She placed her left hand on his cheeck in a symbethetic notion.

Raph watched as she suddenly got even closer to him. The group watched as Fire brought her face up to his, and she rested her forehead on his. No one questioned her methods, but Foragier was turning red with jealousy. "Do not look." She spoke softly to Raph. Raph felt her fingers siccor-cross in the wound like she was grabbing something. Then she pulled her hand away and the pressure and pain in his leg dissapeared. She turned her face down to the wound and with her free hand, she lite it on fire and placed it on the wound. Thinking it would burn, Raph tensed up. But instead of a burning senation, it was cold. A cool feeling washed over his body and then Fire moved her hand away, and Raph watched as the wound on his leg slowly closed itself up, leaving a faint scar. The pain was no longer there. He looked back up at Fire who's lips were in a smirk. Her right hand was covered with blood, but it was in a fist. 

"What did you do?" Donny asked. 

"Fire got up and walked back over to her spot. She reached into her boot and puuled out what looked like a smoking pipe from Japan. "I took care of the Nrothtick." She said. She then threw something into the fire from her right hand. It let out a screech as it burned away. Fire then reached into her other boot and pulled out a white bag of something. Inside were some kind of tobacco leaves. She placed them into pipe and lite it on fire. Then, she took in a long breath of pipe.

"What was that?" Joy asked, looking back up at Fire.

The other girl sat with the pipe in her right hand as she leaned forward on her knees, watching the flames. Finally, she let out the smoke in a big puff slowly. " A Nrothtick, is kind of like a paricite. It lives in some demons. When a demon that has been infected with a Nrothtick bites someone else, the [aricite goes to the new host. It would have caused Raph even more pain if it had not been takin care of tonight." She said taking in another breath from the pipe. "I apologize for not telling you about the bodies, Raphael. You did have a right to know, but if you all knew about them, it would have taken us longer to get through the tunnels."

"It's alright." Raph relpied. "Ya saved me from that thing." He said with a smile. 

"You saved all of us." Leo said looking over at her. She smiled at him then looked back at the Fire. She took another breath from the pipe. 

"What is that?" Tora asked. The smoke didn't smell bitter, but sweet. 

"It is a type of plant that grows in the underworld. It helps with pain." She said, as she spoke the smoke escaped her mouth. "Does the smoke bother you?" She asked worried as she looked up at him, concern in her eyes. 

"N-no. It does not. I was just wondering." Tora said with a smile.

"Here-" Fire said, handing him the pipe "You look like you are in some pain. Your shoulder took a good blow." Tora took the pipe and breathed in some smoke. He coughted out the smoke and everyone laughted. It was very strong, but tasted sweet. "the best par tabout this stuff, is that it does not cause any desease or illness. But the down side, is that it only grows at a certain time and place, for a few days at a time. It is hard to find it. On my last rip, i came across it and found myself in good fortune." She smiled as Tora handed the pipe back. "It is very expensive, and if you sell it, you could make a lot of money."

"You sold it?" Adam asked.

Fire chuckled. "No. Of course not!" She began to laugh. "Dealing with demons never work out right. They can be greedy. I can be greedy as well, they would have tortured me to find out where the patch was at." She streched her legs out and thenleaned back on her elbows. " I kept it for myself. It only releaves pain in humans. Not demons. Demons only use it for the high it brigns afterward for them." She then reached up and tore away the bandage around her neck it reveal an almost healed neck. "For an Assassin, it heals." She turned head up to the sky and she watched the sky for a moment. "It's going to rain tonight." She spoke softly. " But it is a beautiful night." Leo looked up at the stars. It was clear. How could it rain?

"I see you have taken up smoking again." Ancient One spoke as he walked over to the group. 

Firewing smiled and continued to take in her pipe. When she blew out the smoke, they came out in rings. 

"My favorite one is the dragon." Ancient One said.

Fire took in a very deep breath, and then slowly let it out in small puffs, and slowly the smoke formed into a dragon. It's wings outstreached, and it's tail straight. Fire raised her right hand, and twirled her fingers around. Like magic, the dragon opened it's mouth and looked like it was breathing fire. Ancient One let out a chuckle and sat down next to Fire. Still laughing he spok in a language Leo had never heard before.

"Fungrotu shrotrunic tif nij." He said through his laugh. Fire bursted out laughting and held her head towards the sky once more. 

"If only." She said with a smirk. "If only."