As she opened her eyes she immediately knew that something was wrong. She wasn't where she was when she collapsed into unconsciousness. When she had collapsed she had been in the middle of nowhere, trying to get away from him. Now she was in a house, on a bed. So he definitely wasn't the one who found her. If he had been the one to find her she would be back on the dirty floor of her cell. She slowly sat up and almost right away gasped in pain and she fell back onto the bed. Oh, she had forgotten about her wounds. Then she realized to her astonishment somebody had cleaned and dressed her wounds. She couldn't remember the last time one of her injuries had been properly taken care of.

Her gasp of pain must have alerted the person who had taken her as the door to the room opened. She looked over the man who had taken her. She didn't want to say he saved her for a few reasons. She wasn't actually sure that he was saving her, or if he had taken her for himself. Another reason was that usually the people that try and help her end up getting killed, by him. If she could she would get away from the man before he found her. She really didn't want to be the cause of another death and/or slaughter. She had caused enough in her life. Back to the man who entered the room. He looked to be in his late thirties. He had thick brown wavy hair, thought it was cut in a style that fit him. He had dark brown eyes that were showing concern for her. As he approached her she started tensing up.

Bruce had been working on some ideas on reversing the effects of his condition when he heard the girl in the other room gasp in pain. Bruce's eyes widened, she was finally awake! He had found her in the middle of a field when he was out, but that was three days ago. He was currently in Calcutta, India. He was pretty sure that he had lost all of the people that were following him, he was pretty far out of the way. He opened the door and saw the teenager that was currently using his bed. She was looking at him with wide eyes, he could easily tell she was terrified. With each step he took towards her she tensed up even more. Though with all of the wounds that she had, old and new, he wasn't surprised she was scared. She probably wasn't sure if he was on her side or not.

He stopped ten feet away from her. "I'm glad to see that you woke up. I was getting worried there for a while." He saw her looking at him strangely and then asked "Do you speak English?" it was the first language he always tried. The girl nodded slowly and he gave her a small smile "Well that's good then, we'll be able to communicate. Do you know where you are?" she shook her head this time. "You're in a small city in India."

Her eyes widened, India?! How in the world had she gotten to India? The last time she checked she was in an isolated facility in the mountains of Japan. When she had escaped she remembered leaving Japan and making it to China. She didn't remember ever leaving China though. Had he really chased her all this way already? He kept sending his monsters after her, she would usually defeat them, but they did leave their marks. The wounds all over her proved that they were not friendly. The man got her attention again.

"Well my name is Bruce, will you tell me yours? It would make this a bit easier."

She thought it over, she really shouldn't. The closer he got to her, the more chance was that he would get killed. He would always find out who she was close to and kill them just to cause her more anguish. Though her wounds wouldn't heal by themselves and the faster she would heal the quicker she could continue on her way. She nodded to herself "My name is Kagome." She said with a scratchy voice.

He sent her a smile "Well Kagome I need to change your bandages. Is that alright?"

Kagome nodded "Yeah that's fine." She realized that he was way too nice to be working with him.

Bruce approached Kagome the rest of the way and started changing all of her bandages. "So Kagome, what exactly happened that almost had you at death's door?" he asked.

Kagome, in that moment, realized that the man who had found her was a doctor. An amused smirk appeared on her face, of all the people who could have found her a doctor had.

"Do I really have to tell you?" Kagome asked. She knew she could just bluff it out, but figured that she had another option. She could tell him a modified version of the truth. Maybe if he realized how much danger he was in just by helping her he would let her go sooner.

"Well it would be easier to help you, I mean if I knew what caused your wounds I could help them heal a bit better." Bruce said. He didn't know why he wanted to help the young girl so badly, it wasn't like his normal patients. He could have just taken her to the nearest hospital, she probably would have had a better chance of healing better. There was just something about the girl though. Strange as it was she seemed to calm him down. During the three days since he had found her he had been decidedly less angry. His finding her had been a bit weird as well. While he normally took small walks around town, he had never walked to where he had found her before. It was almost like she had been calling him to her.

Kagome sighed "Well for the last few years I've been held captive by a very bad man. He is cruel and evil. I've escaped him a few times, but he always catches me again. He sends out his henchmen and dangerously trained animals after me. I really should be leaving you soon. He always kills whoever helps me. I really don't want to be the cause of another death."

Even with her calming aura he could feel himself getting very angry. Now normally he wouldn't usually get involved with, well anything really. He couldn't just let this teenage girl fend for herself, especially if the man that is after is as bad as she said. "I will not let him get you. I'll let you stay here with me for as long as is needed. I won't let you get hurt again."

Kagome closed her eyes as a frown came over her face 'Well that backfired.' She thought to herself. She opened her eyes to look at the man who was in fact saving her. He seemed like a very nice man, however she couldn't drag him into her problems. The man that was after her was definitely not a normal person, he was a demon who knew no mercy. Kagome made up her mind, this man was way too nice and she couldn't drag him into her hell of a life. She would sneak away tonight. Now that she was awake she could use her powers to force heal herself like she usually did. By morning she would be out of Bruce's life.