Closing white hues she let her energy seep from her body, stretching out over classmates and through hallways stopping just short of the school grounds. Kagome was sick again.
Snapping her energy back into her body she let her blank hues open, a sigh passing the girls pink lips. Sure she was a year older then the girl in question, but she had fallen in love with her so hard and so fast she hadn't even realized it until her sickness began keeping her from her school duties. Setting her chin in her palm she let her mind wander, how was she supposed to mentor the girl if she was never here? Grumbling she let her hues close again, she had just been here the other day, happy and full of life. Yet again today she was home with some bizarre sickness, and it was driving her crazy. Her hues opened as she watched a pair of four shuffling by her classroom door chatting loudly about what they should get Kagome next for her illness. The boy in the group held his package sadly, he too must have wished for her to be here today. The present in his hand though gave her a brilliant idea, after her archery practice she would go out and get the girl a wonderful gift before heading to her cram school and then etiquette classes. Nodding her head she turned her attention to her teacher and let the lesson begin.
She really had no idea why classes today seemed to last forever, and her club was just as silent as ever. Now both were done with and she had minimal time to get a gift before her cram classes started. Slipping out of the school she shouldered her bow darting as fast as she could across the asphalt. She had no time to sit in a practice she had created, with shin-zen-bi heavy on her mind she whispered an apology before she had left. With no time to change back into her uniform she had even kept her muneate on, causing her breath to be shortened as the thick leather protector covered her chest. She had no idea what she was going to get the girl, let alone where she was going to buy it from. Why she had such a full schedule was beyond her, she would have loved to just spend the rest of the day finding the perfect gift for her. Grumbling she picked up the pace moving to the shopping district to begin her quickened search.
Two hours later the female removed herself from the mall, a small box held tightly in her dark hands. She felt bad for everyone that walked around her in the mall, here she was dressed in her standard navy hakama and her muneate which was a bit different from tradition. Instead of just covering her breasts the thick leather wrapped around her body dipping just below her waist, more armor like then a typical muneate just her schools style. Yet everyone in the mall avoided her like the plauge, her bow slung over her shoulders and quiver full of bamboo eagle and hawk feathered arrows. Although most arrows were swan feathered used for practice instead of the rare eagle ceremony arrows.
She was a very tan woman, standing out amongst the ivory skinned of Japan. Her skin soaked up the suns kisses and allowed her to hold the bronze color, there was no lineage besides Japanese running through her vein so her pigment was bizarre in the least. Her hues held no color, pale white orbs staring out through thick black lashes on a busy colorful world. From a distance people consider her blind, no movable pupil would cause one to seem that way. Her ebony hair stopped just above her waist, deep straight locks trapped in a tie kept her hair in a 'priestess' like look.
Her geta smacked loudly as she pushed herself up the staircase, cursing the fact that she actually kept the lifted sandals on her feet. While they weren't ridiculously high, they were lifted enough to keep the woman poised near perfectly. Reaching the top of the staircase she blinked her hues a few times watching the raven haired girl dart across the opening towards the well. Cocking her head she moved forward clacking across the opening she flew through the doorway watching the girls head twist in shock as she tumbled backwards down the well. "K-Kagome!" Thrusting herself down towards the stairs she launched over the well, ignoring the blue light that engulfed Kagome she stretched her hand out reaching towards the woman. Her fingers brushing harmlessly against the back of her hair.
Groaning the woman began to come around, the smell of dirt and wood overwhelming her senses. Sending out her energy she was unwelcoming met by walls around her, pushing her energy up the pink light crept from the well stopping at the tree line, happy that nothing was around it withdrew into herself and locked itself away again. Opening her hues she pushed up, the ache in her bones and muscles screaming at her to lie back down. Ignoring her bodies protest she forced herself to stand snatching the arrows that had fallen from her quiver and placing them back into their leather home. Grumbling she smoothed her hakama out, adjusting the leather muneate to rest properly around her top half once again. The armor like guard keeping her keikogi in place, adjusting her bow she began her climb out of the well, her fingers gripping the rock and launching herself over the side to escape the well.
What she was greeted with on the outside was beyond her wildest dreams. Clean air, crisp grass and not a building in sight, she closed her hues again taking in the peace of this new place. It was stunning and she knew then she wanted to be here forever. Adjusting her bow once again she bent over slipping her geta and tabi off holding them in her hands to be able to feel the cool grass beneath her. With the new change she set off towards who knew where to find Kagome and give her the box sitting in the bottom of her quiver.
Shin-zen-bi is "truth-goodness-beauty" It's the supreme goal in most dojos although most use seisha hicchu "True shooting, certain hitting"
Setsuna preaches the shin-zen-bi to the other archers more then the seisha hicchu.
