Chapter 4
She walked outside, the leaf door closing shut behind her. She walked outside, her feet making not a single sound, and she started to pick up a small bucket, and poured water into it. She walked to the edge of her enclosed meadow, and poured the white water onto all the trees, the bucket never seeming to empty. She walked back to the pond, and set her feet in it, leaning her head back, sitting in the only place where the sun came through the tree tops entirely. Evaelisk walked outside, feeling awkward and unsure of his hostess. He walked towards her wearily, and stood beside her. "Uhm.. I-I'm Evaelisk, a simple traveler. Might I ask your name? And also, how I happened to be in here?" She looked at him half-lidded, and sighed.
"Hana "Hime" Inyuzuka. 'Hana' means 'flower' and 'Hime' means 'princess.' As in, the Flower Princess. Also, you attacked my trees. I simply tried to grab hold of you and bring you inside, and you blacked out and pissed yourself."
He looked at her in an awe-struck fashion, then confusion. "Pissed myself? What does that mean?" He looked at her innocently, and shuddered. She poked his crotch, and looked at him with bedroom eyes.
"You urinated all over yourself like a little frightened girl when I grabbed you. Understand?"
He blushed, and moved her hand away. I urinated myself! Was I that afraid? Well… Some random arm did come from nowhere and grab me… He remembered the vibrant red, and loked at her. Maybe it was her hair he had seen? He looked at Hana, and blushed. She had taken off her tunic and bottoms, and began to climb inside the pond. He noticed Hana watching him, and blushed even more. She was like a flower herself, so her name truly fit her. He wondered why she was in a place like this. It was really creepy here. "Hana, why are you here in the forest? I mean, it's just a forest, but it's still pretty creepy here."
He looked at her eagerly, and then got an odd sense as she looked at him and chuckled a little with a blank face. She climbed out of the pond slowly, sat beside him. He couldn't help but stare, feeling like a pervert.
"I live here. I have for over three centuries. Do you know where you are, Evaelisk?"
He gulped. When she said his name, he had the strange sense he had heard it before. "Just a forest… Right?"
She laughed.
"No, Evaelisk. You're in the Black Forest."
"… The old forest of demons and the entrance to.. Hell?" He said with a breathless manor.
She climbed onto his lap and poked his chest hard, he could feel her nails through his shirt.
"Yes, Evaelisk. And I'm the one to deliver you."