Chapter Four
"Kagome."
Sango had watched her friend begin to stir from her herb induced sleep. The stitches were done to the best of her ability. Keade had help the best she could to follow the instructions and had created a sleeping concoction that would keep Kagome asleep until the wounds had more time to heal. In the time Kagome was asleep, the demoness healer that Sesshomaru had promised had arrived and did what she could to decrease the scarring of the young priestess.
The final choice was a potion that Sesshomaru had made in the past with the help of this healer. It would give her the abilities to heal that a demon would have without any other demonic powers. It would allow her permanent accelerated healing and heighten senses but she would still be human otherwise.
The demoness was kind and stayed until she was sure that Kagome would recover with little lasting effects from her injuries.
"She will speak a bit differently but she will have some numbness as well. Certain parts of her lips will not move the same as before and she will have trouble with liquids until she can adjust to the changes in her movements on her face. Her smile will crooked and she will have some vision limitations on her right eye. She will have to learn to shoot a bow again and she will have to learn to make minor adjustments from her normal use of her priestess skills but she should not have trouble adapting to them." The old demoness left with not a single word after that.
"Ugh," Kagome mumbled with her hand on her head. She could feel some pain in her face but she didn't know why. "Inuyasha."
"He has gone with Sesshomaru to find the one who attacked you and bring them to justice," commented Sango as she handed Kagome a small mug of water. "Here, drink this it will help you feel better."
Kagome drank though it made her mouth taste even bitterer than it did a second ago. When she was done drinking it she looked up to Sango. "What happened?" She could not seem remember anything that happened since she had gone to talk to Inuyasha.
"Well you were attacked, that's all I know," Sango said, "Sesshomaru had brought you here and told us to watch you until they returned. That was a week ago. We have not seen them since."
"A Week!!!" Kagome shouted.
"Yes, we had you in an herb induced sleep to allow you time to hear more. Sesshomaru even sent his best demon healer to help you. Your senses may be a little heightened and you will now heal much faster than ever before. Sesshomaru said it would be something Inuyasha had wanted."
"I should go train then," Kagome started to get up only fall to her knees.
"Kagome, you don't have all your strength back yet you should rest some more before you start training to use the bow or your spiritual powers." Sango who had been by her side this whole time stood to leave, "I will send Shippo. He has been very worried and then I will go and help Keade to come see you." Before Kagome could say anymore Sango disappeared out the door.
'What in the world is going something just isn't sounding very right and why was Sango avoiding looking at me?' Kagome thought to herself as she sat in her spot with a feeling of sadness overwhelming her though she didn't know why. 'Inuyasha, where are you? I hope you are safe.' She slowly drifted off to sleep once again.
