Hoorayz for Chapter 2! Okay here's the summary for this oneshot:
Chelsea wakes up one morning on her brother's farm to a dangerous typhoon. Ignoring the dangerous weather she gets to work along with her cousin, Phillip who is also braving the dangerous winds. Phillip asks Chelsea to go deliver a request to someone in Konohana, she takes Phillip's horse and gets hurt along the way. Luckily for her Ash is also making a trek through this dangerous weather and up the mountain. Will he find her or will they both get hurt?
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Chapter 2: AshXChelsea – You... You Saved Me
Chelsea
While staying with my annoying cousin Phillip for a while I woke up one morning to a really bad typhoon. Typhoon or no typhoon I'm going to work if Phillip is. And Phillip was going to work on his farm, so I did too. Walking against the wind took a lot of energy so I was all tuckered out when we were done.
But unfortunately for me Phillip had some more work for me to do.
"Hey Chelsea I need you to go to Konohana and give this to Kana. It's due today so I really need you to deliver it to him. You can take my horse, Waldo, if you want to get there quickly," he said.
I eyed my cousin suspiciously. Didn't he know anything about horses? "Phillip don't you know that horses are terrified of thunder and if someone is riding a horse when they get scared the horse bucks up and the rider could get hurt! You should know that Phillip! I am not going to use your horse to get there quickly!"
The next thing I did was the worst decision I could possibly make in my whole life: I accepted Phillip's offer to ride his horse.
So here I was slowly trekking my way up the mountain, actually it was more like the horse was doing all the work and I was sitting on it's back and being lazy and getting all wet from the rain.
We were almost to Konohana and nothing bad had happened yet. That's when karma struck.
One loud boom, the loudest one yet, and Waldo the horse was going nuts. He bucked up and I managed to stay on. Then he started just galloping around randomly. Suddenly Waldo tripped and I got launched off of him, I landed on the ground hard and rolled a couple times. As I was rolling my ankle twisted the wrong way. When I finally came to a stop I had no idea where I was.
I saw Waldo off in the distance, I tried to stand and call to him but my ankle prevented me from doing that and fell to the ground in pain as Waldo galloped off in the wrong direction.
This was starting to be a fabulous day! First there was a typhoon and I forced myself to work in it, then Phillip forces me to take his horse to Konohana, and now I sprained my ankle... JUST WONDERFUL!
Sitting here on the soaking wet ground, the water was starting to seep into the bottom of my jeans and there was nothing I could do about it. I clutched my ankle in pain.
I sat there all day, the water seeped into my butt so now my butt was now wet. I think I eventually fell asleep because the next thing I knew the sun was shining brightly in my eyes and the sky was a clear blue with not a single cloud in sight.
Now tired and hungry I started to wonder if I was going to die here. There was a sudden rustle some bushes behind me. I turned around as much as I could to see a white fox emerge from the green brush. It saw me and just stood there.
"N-n-nice foxy... please b-b-be nice," I stuttered. It slowly came toward me, step-by-step and I started wondering, Am I going to die because I got mauled by a fox?
Then the next thing the fox did shocked me. It sniffed me, then it stood there for a couple of seconds, and after that it came up to my face (I was so sure that at that moment it was going to start attacking me) and licked my cheek.
A wild animal... more or less a dangerous fox, was being... friendly to me. It gave me the sweetest look that fox could possibly give you, big eyes and an eagerly wagging fluffy tall. Steadying myself with one hand I used my other to pet it on the head and surprisingly enough it enjoyed it. The fox truly enjoyed me petting it. It was like the fox was acting like a house pet.
Then the fox ran back into the bushes and I sadly watched my new friend retreat back to where it came from.
Later that day the fox returned with two apples in its mouth. It dropped those apples in front of me. I smiled at the fox, scratched its head, and took a bite where the fox hadn't bitten into it.
While I hate the apple, the fox ran back into the bushes that it had came from, and came back a minute later with a large stick in its mouth. I smiled when I realized what it was for. I dropped my finished apple beside me and gripped the walking stick tightly with one hand. I managed to pull myself up to a standing position without my ankle touching the ground even once. With the walking stick gripped tightly in two white-knuckled hands I hobbled around my surroundings.
Looking around I grabbed a small stick. I smiled and knew exactly what I was going to do with it. Luckily at this point I still had my rucksack on me and the item that I was supposed to deliver to Kana was a bundle of freshly cut sheep wool and some tape. I grabbed the items and pulled them out. Then using the stick, the wool, and the tape I made a makeshift cast for my ankle. I stood and smiled at my work, making it easier for me to walk. By the time I had finished It was already late so I pulled together the pieces of sheep wool that i had left and made a small pillow. I settled down for the night, shivering in the cold Summer night air. Alteast I had my fox friend to keep my back warm.
I next day I woke up to hear someone calling my name. "Chelsea? Chelsea where are you?" It was Ash, Phillip's best friend.
I saw Ash coming up the mountain. "ASH! I'M OVER HERE!"
Ash heard me and he came running toward me but unfortunately while running over to me he tripped and twisted his ankle too. He rolled over to me and I hobbled over to him.
"Ash are you okay?" I asked. He didn't answer. With my fingers I pressed them to his wrist and relaxed when I found a pulse. He had been knocked unconcious from hitting his head during the fall. I grabbed what wool I had left and made him a makeshift ankle cast too.
I then sat there, waiting for something else bad to happen. And then it did.
I heard some growling noises behind me and I turned around to see a wild boar, ready to attack me with bearing fangs and sharp claws. I started to back away slowly but the boar shot toward Ash. "NO!" I shouted. At that exact moment my fox friend leapt up from where it was laying and it lunged itself at the boar. They rolled around wrestling so I took the chance while the fox was distracting the boar to drag Ash far away from the scene, I left him laying by a river and I hobbled back to the scene as fast as I could. Well while I was gone things took a turn for the worst, the boar held the fox in it's teeth. It started shaking the fox around like it was a rag doll.
I watched in horror as the boar threw the fox aside, the fox had a large gaping bleeding hole in it's back. I ran over to the fox, limping as I went and I bent down to my old friend. The fox looked up to me with sweet eyes and I watched as it took it's last breath. I felt a tear starting to form at the edge of my eyes when I suddenly remembered Ash. I limped as fast as I could all the way back to the river where I had left Ash laying. There the boar was wrestling with Ash's limp arm and bearing it's teeth into it.
When I first saw the boar I thought, Wow this thing is stupid, but then I realized that there was no time for that. I raised my walking stick up in the air with one hand holding it tightly and my hand reaching out into the air to help me balance on one foot. I brought the stick down with all the force that I had in me and hit it the boar head on. It took notice of me now. The boar ran up to me and ran its claws along the back of my leg.
I screamed in pain and started to hit it with my stick repeatedly.
Beaten and bloodied, the boar finally returned to where it came from. Things started to turn to black and I knew that I was going to pass out but before I did I heard someone call my name.
"Look there she is! Chelsea!"
"Come on! We've got to go help her!"
"Look there's Ash too!"
There were several people but I didn't get to see their faces before I blacked out.
Next thing I knew it I was waking up in a hospital. Tubes were attached to me and I was like What the heck? I looked to my left to see Ash wide awake in a bed similar to mine, he had tubes attached to him too.
He smiled at me. "Hey Chelsea. Good to see you awake," he said.
I smiled back at him. "I'm just happy to be alive," I replied. We both chuckled. "How are you feeling?" I asked.
"Much better. Phillip told me what happened after I passed out. Thanks for saving that boar from me."
"Wait a minute... Phillip was watching the boar attack you and me the whole stinkin' time?" Ash nodded meekly and I could feel anger rise up inside me.
"THAT LITTLE BASTARD!" I yelled. "WHERE IS HE?"
He suddenly popped up right next to me bed. "Right here, dear cousin. Did you need something like maybe a glass of water or maybe a shoulder rub to help you relax?" He put on a goofy grin.
"A GLASS OF WATER? YOU IDIOT! YOU WATCHED ME GET BEATEN AND BLOODIED BY A BOAR AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT?" I roared into his face.
"I ran to go get help about halfway through," he retorted with another stupid goofy grin. He chuckled and ruffled my hair. "Relax Chelse. I atleast didn't leave you there, did I?"
Ash butted into our quarrel. "No you didn't Phillip but you shouldn't have been watching her for a while, THEN went and got help! You should've went to go help the MOMENT YOU SAW HER GET HURT!"
I had never seen nor heard Ash yell at anyone ever, so it was bit shocking to see it now.
Phillip ignored his best friend and turned back to me. "But focusing on more important matters, I can't believe that you used the stuff that I needed you to deliver to Kana to make an ankle cast for the two of you.
"It's called 'surviving' Phillip," I retorted. "If you cared so much about this stupid delivery why don't you just live in Konohana so that you can be closer the next time this Kana person asks for something!"
Phillip's face lit up. "Hey... that's actually a good idea!" He ran out of the room and sped down the hall.
"Hey." It was Ash. I turned to look at him and he smiled at me again. "Thanks for saving me."
I smiled back at him. "Thanks for butting into that arguement."
Ash chuckled. "My pleasure. I'd give anything to see Phillip lose an argument!" We both laughed.
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