Chapter 2
Land of the rising sun
Jack sat up, he was in a small room, he tried to stand up, but he couldn't. There was his father, being murdered by that shadow, but then there was the angel again. Suddenly the mast was being chopped down. The angel sat next to Jack, the ninja killed the crew. Then Jack remembered one thing that the ship boy had told him, he was Portuguese and his father had told him one thing, if you ever meet a samurai, bow low, bow very low. Jacks eyes shot open, he tried to sit up on his futon. With large struggle he did and looked around. He closed his eyes and saw the angel. Or was it an angel? With more struggle he stood up, but he noticed his arm was broken but was supported with a wooden splinter. Jack grunted and walked towards the door, he could hear voices, but see no door. He tried to pull the wall, but couldn't. He then tried to push it open and fell through the paper walls. A middle aged woman was there along with a man who had 2 swords brandished on his hip. Jack scrambled back in terror as the man approached him hand on sword. Jack remembered what the Port had told him, "If you ever see a samurai, bow low…" Jack immediately attempted to bow. But his broken arm prevented that. Fearing for his life he bowed with all his might. Tears flew from his eyes as the pain was unbearable. The samurai just laughed and helped Jack up, "Gaijin-San." He shook his head, smiling.
A few days later Jack woke up from his slumber, he saw the woman. Jack stood up and tried to bow, although his arm had healed, it wasn't fully yet and bowing still strained him. But it had made him fear the pain less due to him knowing how strong it would be, "Ofuro." Said the woman, Jack looked at her puzzled by this new and strange word. She took him by the hand to a separate building. Jack saw a bath. Now he saw what ofuro meant now, "But I had one this month!" Said Jack, didn't she know that baths were disease pits? Jack looked at the woman, "Ofuro!" Stated the woman, Jack began to walk to the door. But the gardener stood blocking his path. A little maid came in and helped strip Jack, although the girl did look pretty, he did not want to show his 'you know what's' to her. But he was overpowered and blushing and fighting to get away, then he realised he could cover his modesty with it. He let himself in. The water was freezing.
After his forced washing Jack went to sleep. The next day he walked out of his room, he had discovered that the doors were meant to slide. He smiled at how silly he was. His arm was fully healed and saw the gardener pruning an already perfect bush. He went to help the man and tried to signal that he wanted to help. The gardener bowed but shook his head. Jack sat down by a tree and took a nap.
John dead, shadows everywhere, explosion, angel, father dying… Jack screamed in terror, and woke up. Breathing hard, the gardener came along with the angel… or was it an angel? The angel looked at him sweetly and giggled. Jacks hear raced, this girl had to be angel. She was so beautiful! Suddenly Jack heard, "Ofuro!" Jack saw no point in resisting and just walked head down to the bath-house. He turned back and saw the girl, he kept staring at her and tripped, he stood up and shook himself clean, the girl giggled and he blushed.
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