"Colony of what?"
"You heard me, that man said there's a colony of sunflower farmers living in the mountains nearby!" Fuu replied her voice was high and enthusiastic, but still held a hint of agitation at the man in front of her. It seemed like forever since they had had their last clue as to the whereabouts of the Samurai who smelled of sunflowers, and Mugen, apparently, wasn't as happy about it as she was.
"It would be wise to learn some about the mounts before we try and travel in them." Jin added in his usual, calm voice. Did anything bother this guy? Well, if anything did, it wasn't the constant bickering of his two companions. "Did the man tell you anything more?"
Fuu gave up trying to glare Mugen into an even worse mood, and turned to Jin with an apologetic sort of look. "No…All he said was that only thing he had ever heard about sunflowers was that there was some sort of town up in those mountains that grows them and sells them to the continent."
As she said this she pointed at the tree covered mountains to the east of the village they were in.
"Are you fucking kidding? Nobody could live in those things, getting in and out alone must be a hell of a deal." Mugen's observation was correct, though slightly uncalled for, the rock walls of the lumbering land masses looked steep enough too keep Continental troops out, which meant they had didn't have a chance.
Fuu doubled over when she realized the irony, her forehead became burred deep in her lap. "Ho-wr-gonafi-e sawmri nw…" Mugen and Jin took these jumbled words for "How are we gonna find the samurai now?"
"Excuse me, are you folks looking for a way to get through those mountains?" An elderly voice came from behind them. All three heads turned to see who had spoken to them.
It was an older women, the gray streaks in her hair spoke of the many years that had passed since she had been Fuu's age.
"Yes ma'am, do you know a way?" Fuu asked, her eyes wide again with hope.
"M'hm. I can show you a trail that'll take you right to the other side." She answered, slowly nodding her head. Then she bent down and in the dust of the dirt road drew a sketch of the mountains. "Follow this irrigation canal until you come to a big bolder, you can't miss it, it's huge. Once you find it keep walking left towards the mountains, at the base of the cliff you should see a break in the trees and a path leading into the mountains. It's a steep going, but it's better then trying to climb strait up."
"Will it lead us to the village of sunflower farmers?" Jin asked, of the three of them he was the only standing.
The women stood back up, looking Jin in the eye said, "Sure will, you'll come to a fork in the road, take the right turn. But don't even look down the left, just keep goin'."
"Why not?" Fuu asked.
The women frowned, and her eyes looked like they held a hint of fear. "They say demons live down that way. Terrible monsters that'll kill soon as look at you…"
"Then what'r we waiting for?" Mugen asked, he stood up, swinging his sword over his shoulder.
"Yeah! Lets go!" Fuu added enthusiastically, jumping to her feet. "We're off, to the colony of sunflowers!"
ok? How was that? . didn't suck? Anyway, all SC is copywrited at…um…the guy who drew it… sorry, just keep in mind this is fanfiction