Bring on the Jury! ...again!
Yeah, I know, I just submitted one, but since I dunno when I'll next be able to do ANYTHING CCS wise, I thought I'd binge you guys a bit and do two. You're gonna hate me though, for this chapter, and it's successor...whenever I get that one up. Maybe tonight, maybe not.
Title: Shards
Author/Penname: Kainasilversbane
Rating: PG-13
Chapters: Chapter 13 (Continued WIP)
Pairings: Fujitaka/Kaho centered
Summary: Rocks are bad.
Warning, Notes: Mild knowledge of medical terms and anatomy. If you don't know what something is, ask me. ^_^
Link to previous chapter http://community.livejournal.com/reviewers_inc/14537.html#cutid1
Disclaimer:
Chapter 13
Is it worth it?
Is bring your loved ones into a conflict that they are not apart of, simply because they insisted, worth it? Is it worth their safety? Their lives?
No…not for them.
But it’s so dark, and I am lonely. I feel like I’m not in control anymore. But…was I ever in control to begin with?
No…no I haven’t been.
Is my life worth it? To give it up, to solidify the safety of my loved ones? To take everything I had and throw it away to ensure that they survive?
For them?
Yes…yes I think so.
For them, everything is worth it…
OOOO
They made it to the next cavern with little difficulty, but regretted leaving the comforting light of The Glow and into the dimly lit cave. Inside, they found it covered in vertical rock spires and pillars, seemingly placed in a random order around the glowing crystal, that against was stationed at the ceiling of the cave.
“Why do I not like the look of those?” Fujitaka asked, indicating the towers of rock around them.
“Cause one of us will have to be climbing them in a minute,” Kaho answered.
Fujitaka looked up at the crystal, “Couldn’t you just phase up there and get it?”
“No…” the woman answered with a shake of her head. “There’s a spell on the room that won’t let me phase, and it probably won’t lift until the crystal is shattered.”
“That ups the difficulty level a bit,” Kerberos said.
Kaho made a sound of agreement as she took a few steps forward, studying the spires. She looked back when she heard a muffled banging sound behind her and found the rest of her companions stuck behind a barrier similar to the one she’d been stuck behind one room prior.
She walked up and placed her hands against the clear barrier and said something, but there was no response from the people on the other side. It was apparent that this barrier cut off sound from both sides, so not only could they not get to each other, but they couldn’t communicate either, which meant warnings wouldn’t be able to be shouted.
“Wait…” Fujitaka murmured to himself and tried the mind speech he had learned. Can you hear me this way?
…barely…came the dim reply.
Do you know how you’re going to get that sphere? He wasn’t sure how clear he was coming through to her, but he hoped he’d gotten his question across.
Might…able to shoot…here, she came through broken and clipped. If not….climb up.
Fujitaka frowned and looked up at the tall rock spires that towered before them, and wondered how she was going to manage climbing up the sheer sides. He then noticed an unstrung bow and quiver of arrows that were settled over a nearby rock and pointed them out to her. She walked over to retrieve them and Sakura smiled.
“Well, at least she’s wielding a weapon she’s familiar with,” the young woman said.
“Really?” Fujitaka looked over at the woman for confirmation.
Having caught the gist of what Sakura had said through mild lip reading Kaho nodded, Whether…able to draw the… not is yet to … but I know … use it, and I’m a fair shot.
Could you make the shot from here? Fujitaka asked, grasping from the last part of her statement that she could shoot, but she didn’t know if she’d be able to draw the bow or not.
Kaho turned and studied where the globe, With my arms in…shape… unlikely…climb up.
Fujitaka paused in his conversation to relay what Kaho had said and Sakura asked, “Couldn’t you hit it with an energy beam?”
Fujitaka sent the question over and Kaho turned and shot one at the crystal, not surprised when the magic beam bounced off a shield. …protected…magic barrier…physical attack…through.
How close do you think you’re going to have to get before you can shoot? Fujitaka asked.
…close, Kaho answered.
Fujitaka studied the rocky pillars that stuck out from the ground and frowned. They were climbable, but they were steep and it wouldn’t be easy. Putting his hands on the invisible barrier he told her, Be careful.
Kaho slung the quiver and bow over her shoulder and gave him a weak grin, No promises.
That’s reassuring…Fujitaka mumbled.
Kaho studied the pillars and spires around the sphere and finally chose one that she could easily start climbing on without having to use magic. With the first step onto the spire, she realized that they weren’t made of stone at all, but hard packed mud and dirt that, if stepped on wrong, would crumble right under her feet. And if it crumbled in the wrong place, it would set off a chain reaction, a type of domino effect that would set the whole place crumbling down to the ground.
She feared having to jump from one ledge to another, but at some points she had to. Landing was tricky. With the right amount of magic, she could control her falls to land lightly against the fragile ledges, but it didn’t always work and sometimes the brittle edges crumbled anyways. Dropping her down a few feet before she could safely land herself onto another one.
When Kaho finally came to a rather large ledge she stopped and sat down to take a rest. She had had to start actual climbing, with her hands and arms, instead of just stepping and jumping, and now they throbbed and needed a break. The ledge faced away from her companions behind the barrier and she felt Fujitaka prod her with a questioning thought when she didn’t reappear after a moment.
Just taking a break, she told him. Climbing hurts my arms.
I see, came his reply. Do you think you’ll be able to make it to the top?
Her closed eyes blinked back open in surprise. His thoughts came in strong and clear and she wondered why that was so. How well can you hear my thoughts? She asked him.
Much clearer now actually, Fujitaka answered. Do you think the barrier is weaker the higher up it goes?
As a sound barrier, probably, but I doubt you’ll be able to physically get through it still, Kaho answered.
Kero’s trying now, there was a pause, then a laugh, Nope! Bounces right off.
Kaho chuckled, Poor Kero. She sighed and stood carefully. Well, onward and upward. She reached up and grabbed onto the ledge above her and pulled herself up, wincing as she felt the slash wounds on her arms pull and split open farther.
Something below her cracked and she looked down, frivolous as it was. She knew she couldn’t see the crack that had appeared a few feet below her, a crack that ran through the whole spire and was about to give way.
Fujitaka watched the crack dart around the entirety of the spire and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.
GET OFF THE SPIRE!!!! He screamed.
In the dim light of the cavern he was able to see a black figure leap off the crumbling spire. To his amazement, Kaho was able to jump far enough to be able to land on a ledge of a pillar that wasn’t too far away. It was farther away from the crystal than he could tell she wanted, but it was going to have to work.
You okay? Fujitaka asked.
This is going to really hurt, was her reply before she pulled the bow from her shoulder and an arrow to go with it.
Are you close enough?
Not by a long shot, she answered as she set the arrow and sighted her target. Pardon the pun. She pulled the string back and hissed as she felt skin and muscles tear, but she didn’t loosen her grip on the bow until she had her target in perfect aim. When she finally released the string and felt the bowstring snap against the slash on her left arm, she winced, but kept her eyes locked on her target, and only relaxed when she watched the crystal shatter.
Kaho let herself fall to her knees, cringing in pain as she tried to bend her fingers, but found she could barely make her hands do anything.
“Probably tore the rest of the muscles,” Kaho murmured to herself as she tried in vain to work her hands.
“You all right?” Came Fujitaka’s voice and she looked up to see him riding atop Kerberos.
“Probably just lost the use of my hands…” she replied as she looked up at him.
He looked down at her arms and frowned at the now damp sleeves and bandages, the crimson liquid slowly overcoming the white bandages beneath the black material. It was then he realized that she wasn’t going to be able to get on Kero to get off the rocky death trap without help. Carefully, Fujitaka looked for a clear space he could step onto that wouldn’t break, then had Kero move closer. He stepped onto the pillar next to her, kneeling so he was eyelevel with her and the weight was evenly distributed, doing as much as he could to not let the pillar beneath them crumble.
Slowly and carefully he placed his hands on her upper arms and helped her to stand. He felt that pillar under their feet shift and he froze.
“Promise me something,” Kaho said breathed
“What?” Fujitaka asked.
“Step closer,” she told him, and he did, bringing himself up against her, “And don’t let go.” He felt her hands grasp his arms just above his elbows as the ground beneath his feet gave way. He suddenly felt disoriented for a moment, then solid ground settled under his feet again, but only for a moment. He became disoriented again as the ground fell away, then he found himself falling. “Dammit!” Fujitaka heard Kaho swear again, then he felt something hard smash into the back of his head. His vision went black for a moment, but he felt himself hit the ground and slide through dust and rubble before coming to a stop not too far away.
The sound of crashing stone was the only thing he could hear for a long time, along with the hissing of dust and sand hitting the ground and a barrier by the entrance. Slowly it began to quiet down and he felt he could open his eyes. Upon doing so he found himself facing away from the entrance of the cavern, looking at the far left wall.
Kaho lay there next to him, partially propped up against a mound of rock and dirt. There was blood oozing out from under her head, plus a heavy stone laying on the lower right part of her abdomen.
Though most of his mind was hazy and his head throbbed, something told him to try and get her to respond to him, and, by some miracle, he managed to form some coherent thoughts and threw them at her.
Kaho…open your eyes…please, he managed as he slowly moved his hand over the dirt covered floor towards shoulder, the part of her nearest him. As he touched her, he sent forth as much healing power as he could focus on.
Her eyes fluttered half open the second after his hand touched her shoulder and they shifted over to look at him. Without a word she lifted her right, battered arm and folded it over so she could rest her hand on his arm.
Immediately he felt a flood of healing magic, raw and powerful, scoring through his body and correcting any flaw or damage. He felt his head clear quickly and he was able to turn his head and see all of the other injuries he and Kaho had.
For him, he sported a sharp piece of rock jutting through the far right side his lower abdomen, it was numb, and just a flesh wound, but it was still eerie to look at. Along with the obvious head injury, another rock had crushed his left foot, which was also numb. He wondered for a moment where all the rocks had come from, knowing for a fact that the pillars and spires themselves had been made from solidified, if brittle, mud and sand. A quick glance up at the ceiling told him everything he needed to know. Just like the room before this, the roof of the cavern had collapsed after the crystal had been shattered.
With his right foot he was able to kick the rock off of his other foot, then pulled out the spear point of rock from the his side. It felt odd to watch the skin sew itself up quickly and the bones mending themselves with mildly uncomfortable cracking and grinding noises. He felt a few ribs also pop back into place and an ache on the other side of his abdomen eased.
Feeling mended, the man sat up and took Kaho’s hand, blood slicked as it was, in both of his and concentrated on using every single piece of healing knowledge he had. How she’d just been able to open the flood gates on him, the man wasn’t sure, but he knew, to be able to heal her effectively, he’d have to concentrate on one injury at a time in order to make sure she survived.
Are you still here? He asked her.
I’m hanging on, her mind-voice was strained, but otherwise strong and firm.
Can you pinpoint where exactly you’re hurt? Fujitaka asked. Most life threatening first and we’ll work our way down.
She was silent for a moment, as if taking account of her own injuries. Her breathing was shallow, and it bubbled every so often, signaling fluid in her lungs. After a few of those ragged breaths, she answered him.
Pierced left lung, came her directions. Heal the rib that’s lanced into it before healing the hole and eliminating the fluid. When you’re done with that, there’s a rock that’s smashed the back of my skull.
He quickly fixed her damaged lung and ribs and started on her skull injury. He erased away any rock fragments that were still there and, with her coaching, slowly reconstructed the broken pieces. After a brief check to make sure any swelling had been taken care of, he waited for further directions.
The right side of my pelvis is crushed, she said, pointing out the obvious rock that was still semi on top of her. Work a shield gently underneath it and arch it off. He did as he was told, then focused on repairing the broken bone. He got stuck a few times as he was working around the joint where her femur and her pelvis joined, but she slowly walked him through it, then showed him how to repair the ball and socket joint that was needed to pop her dislocated leg back into place.
One of the vertebra in her lower back was cracked, so she showed him how to fuse it together, then healed the bruising that had occurred throughout the rest of her body.
Finally he went and looked at her arms, without her direction, and tried to heal some of the damage there. He was able to reattach tendons and reform the muscles that she had torn in both hands while shooting the bow, enabling her to open and close her hands again without much difficulty. The slash wounds didn’t even respond to the strong healing touch, so he left them as they were, bleeding, but it was sluggish and not something he was too worried about at the moment.
When he finally finished he opened his eyes, unaware that he’d actually closed them, and watched as the woman sat up and rubbed the side of her head.
She gave a mental groan, Sorry, one more, left eye’s gone blind. No wonder I was able to look at you so easily without getting my view skewed!
He chuckled and rested his hand against the side of her face and quickly healed her eye, noting how she blushed enough for him to see. What injuries did I have?
Cracked skull, like mine, four broken ribs, torn spleen, fractured left femur, crushed left foot, speared in the side with that rock you so nicely threw away, and a myriad of bruising of which I lost count of at thirteen. She answered.
“Are you all right?” Sakura asked.
Fujitaka looked behind him at his daughter, “How long have you been standing there?”
“Since the rocks stopped falling,” Tomoyo answered. “We saw you covered in debris, but Kero said not to touch either of you. You’ve been like this for over half and hour.”
“They were in a Healing Trance, both working more healing magic than either of them had, literally working off of each other, to be able to heal all of their injuries.” Kerberos said, “If you were to have touched them, the trance would have been broken and everything they’d healed would have reversed, putting them in more danger. The magic they used would have stayed gone, but the injuries would have remained, and death would have been their only option.”
“I didn’t even hear you come up,” Fujitaka said.
“You wouldn’t have,” Kero said. “You were in a trance. Even after you sat up and continued healing Kaho, you were still in that trance. It ended just after you took your hand away from her face.”
“Oh,” Fujitaka blinked at the information he was given. Then a thought occurred to him, “Wait, you have more healing magic than I do,” he looked back over at Kaho. “How were we equal in amount and ability?”
“We worked off each other,” Kaho told him, “As Kero said, creating an equal amount of power between us to be able to heal each others injuries. Basically, we broke the rules about me not being able to heal myself, because you were using part of my magic to be able to balance out the amounts.”
“Oh,” he knew he was saying that a lot now. “One more question.” He received inquiring looks from the people around him. “Are we going to need to sleep this off?”
“You will indeed,” Kero said. “In fact, we’d best get you two settled before you pass out.”
“Why do I suddenly feel like I’m four?” Kaho asked.
“Cause you’re being told you’re going to sleep whether you like it or not,” Tomoyo said as she zoomed her camera in on the woman’s scowling face.
“I have an odd feeling that I’m going to wake up in a very awkward position,” Fujitaka said as his eyelids began to feel incredibly heavy.
“I can’t answer that one,” Tomoyo said with a smile as his world suddenly went dark.
OOOO
I want it back in a form which I have to tape it back together ^_^
Title: Shards
Author/Penname: Kainasilversbane
Rating: PG-13
Chapters: Chapter 13 (Continued WIP)
Pairings: Fujitaka/Kaho centered
Summary: Rocks are bad.
Warning, Notes: Mild knowledge of medical terms and anatomy. If you don't know what something is, ask me. ^_^
Link to previous chapter http://community.livejournal.com/reviewers_inc/14537.html#cutid1
Disclaimer:
Chapter 13
Is it worth it?
Is bring your loved ones into a conflict that they are not apart of, simply because they insisted, worth it? Is it worth their safety? Their lives?
No…not for them.
But it’s so dark, and I am lonely. I feel like I’m not in control anymore. But…was I ever in control to begin with?
No…no I haven’t been.
Is my life worth it? To give it up, to solidify the safety of my loved ones? To take everything I had and throw it away to ensure that they survive?
For them?
Yes…yes I think so.
For them, everything is worth it…
OOOO
They made it to the next cavern with little difficulty, but regretted leaving the comforting light of The Glow and into the dimly lit cave. Inside, they found it covered in vertical rock spires and pillars, seemingly placed in a random order around the glowing crystal, that against was stationed at the ceiling of the cave.
“Why do I not like the look of those?” Fujitaka asked, indicating the towers of rock around them.
“Cause one of us will have to be climbing them in a minute,” Kaho answered.
Fujitaka looked up at the crystal, “Couldn’t you just phase up there and get it?”
“No…” the woman answered with a shake of her head. “There’s a spell on the room that won’t let me phase, and it probably won’t lift until the crystal is shattered.”
“That ups the difficulty level a bit,” Kerberos said.
Kaho made a sound of agreement as she took a few steps forward, studying the spires. She looked back when she heard a muffled banging sound behind her and found the rest of her companions stuck behind a barrier similar to the one she’d been stuck behind one room prior.
She walked up and placed her hands against the clear barrier and said something, but there was no response from the people on the other side. It was apparent that this barrier cut off sound from both sides, so not only could they not get to each other, but they couldn’t communicate either, which meant warnings wouldn’t be able to be shouted.
“Wait…” Fujitaka murmured to himself and tried the mind speech he had learned. Can you hear me this way?
…barely…came the dim reply.
Do you know how you’re going to get that sphere? He wasn’t sure how clear he was coming through to her, but he hoped he’d gotten his question across.
Might…able to shoot…here, she came through broken and clipped. If not….climb up.
Fujitaka frowned and looked up at the tall rock spires that towered before them, and wondered how she was going to manage climbing up the sheer sides. He then noticed an unstrung bow and quiver of arrows that were settled over a nearby rock and pointed them out to her. She walked over to retrieve them and Sakura smiled.
“Well, at least she’s wielding a weapon she’s familiar with,” the young woman said.
“Really?” Fujitaka looked over at the woman for confirmation.
Having caught the gist of what Sakura had said through mild lip reading Kaho nodded, Whether…able to draw the… not is yet to … but I know … use it, and I’m a fair shot.
Could you make the shot from here? Fujitaka asked, grasping from the last part of her statement that she could shoot, but she didn’t know if she’d be able to draw the bow or not.
Kaho turned and studied where the globe, With my arms in…shape… unlikely…climb up.
Fujitaka paused in his conversation to relay what Kaho had said and Sakura asked, “Couldn’t you hit it with an energy beam?”
Fujitaka sent the question over and Kaho turned and shot one at the crystal, not surprised when the magic beam bounced off a shield. …protected…magic barrier…physical attack…through.
How close do you think you’re going to have to get before you can shoot? Fujitaka asked.
…close, Kaho answered.
Fujitaka studied the rocky pillars that stuck out from the ground and frowned. They were climbable, but they were steep and it wouldn’t be easy. Putting his hands on the invisible barrier he told her, Be careful.
Kaho slung the quiver and bow over her shoulder and gave him a weak grin, No promises.
That’s reassuring…Fujitaka mumbled.
Kaho studied the pillars and spires around the sphere and finally chose one that she could easily start climbing on without having to use magic. With the first step onto the spire, she realized that they weren’t made of stone at all, but hard packed mud and dirt that, if stepped on wrong, would crumble right under her feet. And if it crumbled in the wrong place, it would set off a chain reaction, a type of domino effect that would set the whole place crumbling down to the ground.
She feared having to jump from one ledge to another, but at some points she had to. Landing was tricky. With the right amount of magic, she could control her falls to land lightly against the fragile ledges, but it didn’t always work and sometimes the brittle edges crumbled anyways. Dropping her down a few feet before she could safely land herself onto another one.
When Kaho finally came to a rather large ledge she stopped and sat down to take a rest. She had had to start actual climbing, with her hands and arms, instead of just stepping and jumping, and now they throbbed and needed a break. The ledge faced away from her companions behind the barrier and she felt Fujitaka prod her with a questioning thought when she didn’t reappear after a moment.
Just taking a break, she told him. Climbing hurts my arms.
I see, came his reply. Do you think you’ll be able to make it to the top?
Her closed eyes blinked back open in surprise. His thoughts came in strong and clear and she wondered why that was so. How well can you hear my thoughts? She asked him.
Much clearer now actually, Fujitaka answered. Do you think the barrier is weaker the higher up it goes?
As a sound barrier, probably, but I doubt you’ll be able to physically get through it still, Kaho answered.
Kero’s trying now, there was a pause, then a laugh, Nope! Bounces right off.
Kaho chuckled, Poor Kero. She sighed and stood carefully. Well, onward and upward. She reached up and grabbed onto the ledge above her and pulled herself up, wincing as she felt the slash wounds on her arms pull and split open farther.
Something below her cracked and she looked down, frivolous as it was. She knew she couldn’t see the crack that had appeared a few feet below her, a crack that ran through the whole spire and was about to give way.
Fujitaka watched the crack dart around the entirety of the spire and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.
GET OFF THE SPIRE!!!! He screamed.
In the dim light of the cavern he was able to see a black figure leap off the crumbling spire. To his amazement, Kaho was able to jump far enough to be able to land on a ledge of a pillar that wasn’t too far away. It was farther away from the crystal than he could tell she wanted, but it was going to have to work.
You okay? Fujitaka asked.
This is going to really hurt, was her reply before she pulled the bow from her shoulder and an arrow to go with it.
Are you close enough?
Not by a long shot, she answered as she set the arrow and sighted her target. Pardon the pun. She pulled the string back and hissed as she felt skin and muscles tear, but she didn’t loosen her grip on the bow until she had her target in perfect aim. When she finally released the string and felt the bowstring snap against the slash on her left arm, she winced, but kept her eyes locked on her target, and only relaxed when she watched the crystal shatter.
Kaho let herself fall to her knees, cringing in pain as she tried to bend her fingers, but found she could barely make her hands do anything.
“Probably tore the rest of the muscles,” Kaho murmured to herself as she tried in vain to work her hands.
“You all right?” Came Fujitaka’s voice and she looked up to see him riding atop Kerberos.
“Probably just lost the use of my hands…” she replied as she looked up at him.
He looked down at her arms and frowned at the now damp sleeves and bandages, the crimson liquid slowly overcoming the white bandages beneath the black material. It was then he realized that she wasn’t going to be able to get on Kero to get off the rocky death trap without help. Carefully, Fujitaka looked for a clear space he could step onto that wouldn’t break, then had Kero move closer. He stepped onto the pillar next to her, kneeling so he was eyelevel with her and the weight was evenly distributed, doing as much as he could to not let the pillar beneath them crumble.
Slowly and carefully he placed his hands on her upper arms and helped her to stand. He felt that pillar under their feet shift and he froze.
“Promise me something,” Kaho said breathed
“What?” Fujitaka asked.
“Step closer,” she told him, and he did, bringing himself up against her, “And don’t let go.” He felt her hands grasp his arms just above his elbows as the ground beneath his feet gave way. He suddenly felt disoriented for a moment, then solid ground settled under his feet again, but only for a moment. He became disoriented again as the ground fell away, then he found himself falling. “Dammit!” Fujitaka heard Kaho swear again, then he felt something hard smash into the back of his head. His vision went black for a moment, but he felt himself hit the ground and slide through dust and rubble before coming to a stop not too far away.
The sound of crashing stone was the only thing he could hear for a long time, along with the hissing of dust and sand hitting the ground and a barrier by the entrance. Slowly it began to quiet down and he felt he could open his eyes. Upon doing so he found himself facing away from the entrance of the cavern, looking at the far left wall.
Kaho lay there next to him, partially propped up against a mound of rock and dirt. There was blood oozing out from under her head, plus a heavy stone laying on the lower right part of her abdomen.
Though most of his mind was hazy and his head throbbed, something told him to try and get her to respond to him, and, by some miracle, he managed to form some coherent thoughts and threw them at her.
Kaho…open your eyes…please, he managed as he slowly moved his hand over the dirt covered floor towards shoulder, the part of her nearest him. As he touched her, he sent forth as much healing power as he could focus on.
Her eyes fluttered half open the second after his hand touched her shoulder and they shifted over to look at him. Without a word she lifted her right, battered arm and folded it over so she could rest her hand on his arm.
Immediately he felt a flood of healing magic, raw and powerful, scoring through his body and correcting any flaw or damage. He felt his head clear quickly and he was able to turn his head and see all of the other injuries he and Kaho had.
For him, he sported a sharp piece of rock jutting through the far right side his lower abdomen, it was numb, and just a flesh wound, but it was still eerie to look at. Along with the obvious head injury, another rock had crushed his left foot, which was also numb. He wondered for a moment where all the rocks had come from, knowing for a fact that the pillars and spires themselves had been made from solidified, if brittle, mud and sand. A quick glance up at the ceiling told him everything he needed to know. Just like the room before this, the roof of the cavern had collapsed after the crystal had been shattered.
With his right foot he was able to kick the rock off of his other foot, then pulled out the spear point of rock from the his side. It felt odd to watch the skin sew itself up quickly and the bones mending themselves with mildly uncomfortable cracking and grinding noises. He felt a few ribs also pop back into place and an ache on the other side of his abdomen eased.
Feeling mended, the man sat up and took Kaho’s hand, blood slicked as it was, in both of his and concentrated on using every single piece of healing knowledge he had. How she’d just been able to open the flood gates on him, the man wasn’t sure, but he knew, to be able to heal her effectively, he’d have to concentrate on one injury at a time in order to make sure she survived.
Are you still here? He asked her.
I’m hanging on, her mind-voice was strained, but otherwise strong and firm.
Can you pinpoint where exactly you’re hurt? Fujitaka asked. Most life threatening first and we’ll work our way down.
She was silent for a moment, as if taking account of her own injuries. Her breathing was shallow, and it bubbled every so often, signaling fluid in her lungs. After a few of those ragged breaths, she answered him.
Pierced left lung, came her directions. Heal the rib that’s lanced into it before healing the hole and eliminating the fluid. When you’re done with that, there’s a rock that’s smashed the back of my skull.
He quickly fixed her damaged lung and ribs and started on her skull injury. He erased away any rock fragments that were still there and, with her coaching, slowly reconstructed the broken pieces. After a brief check to make sure any swelling had been taken care of, he waited for further directions.
The right side of my pelvis is crushed, she said, pointing out the obvious rock that was still semi on top of her. Work a shield gently underneath it and arch it off. He did as he was told, then focused on repairing the broken bone. He got stuck a few times as he was working around the joint where her femur and her pelvis joined, but she slowly walked him through it, then showed him how to repair the ball and socket joint that was needed to pop her dislocated leg back into place.
One of the vertebra in her lower back was cracked, so she showed him how to fuse it together, then healed the bruising that had occurred throughout the rest of her body.
Finally he went and looked at her arms, without her direction, and tried to heal some of the damage there. He was able to reattach tendons and reform the muscles that she had torn in both hands while shooting the bow, enabling her to open and close her hands again without much difficulty. The slash wounds didn’t even respond to the strong healing touch, so he left them as they were, bleeding, but it was sluggish and not something he was too worried about at the moment.
When he finally finished he opened his eyes, unaware that he’d actually closed them, and watched as the woman sat up and rubbed the side of her head.
She gave a mental groan, Sorry, one more, left eye’s gone blind. No wonder I was able to look at you so easily without getting my view skewed!
He chuckled and rested his hand against the side of her face and quickly healed her eye, noting how she blushed enough for him to see. What injuries did I have?
Cracked skull, like mine, four broken ribs, torn spleen, fractured left femur, crushed left foot, speared in the side with that rock you so nicely threw away, and a myriad of bruising of which I lost count of at thirteen. She answered.
“Are you all right?” Sakura asked.
Fujitaka looked behind him at his daughter, “How long have you been standing there?”
“Since the rocks stopped falling,” Tomoyo answered. “We saw you covered in debris, but Kero said not to touch either of you. You’ve been like this for over half and hour.”
“They were in a Healing Trance, both working more healing magic than either of them had, literally working off of each other, to be able to heal all of their injuries.” Kerberos said, “If you were to have touched them, the trance would have been broken and everything they’d healed would have reversed, putting them in more danger. The magic they used would have stayed gone, but the injuries would have remained, and death would have been their only option.”
“I didn’t even hear you come up,” Fujitaka said.
“You wouldn’t have,” Kero said. “You were in a trance. Even after you sat up and continued healing Kaho, you were still in that trance. It ended just after you took your hand away from her face.”
“Oh,” Fujitaka blinked at the information he was given. Then a thought occurred to him, “Wait, you have more healing magic than I do,” he looked back over at Kaho. “How were we equal in amount and ability?”
“We worked off each other,” Kaho told him, “As Kero said, creating an equal amount of power between us to be able to heal each others injuries. Basically, we broke the rules about me not being able to heal myself, because you were using part of my magic to be able to balance out the amounts.”
“Oh,” he knew he was saying that a lot now. “One more question.” He received inquiring looks from the people around him. “Are we going to need to sleep this off?”
“You will indeed,” Kero said. “In fact, we’d best get you two settled before you pass out.”
“Why do I suddenly feel like I’m four?” Kaho asked.
“Cause you’re being told you’re going to sleep whether you like it or not,” Tomoyo said as she zoomed her camera in on the woman’s scowling face.
“I have an odd feeling that I’m going to wake up in a very awkward position,” Fujitaka said as his eyelids began to feel incredibly heavy.
“I can’t answer that one,” Tomoyo said with a smile as his world suddenly went dark.
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I want it back in a form which I have to tape it back together ^_^