Hakuoki: An Unexpected Adventure
I do not own Hakuoki no matter how much I want to. The rights to Hakuoki belong to idea factory and anyone else involved in the Hakuoki franchise, I simply own Aryssa and anything involving her life.
Chapter 7
"You have guts, I'll give you that much." Okita says through the door after a few minutes, "Not many people would yell at the demon vice commander like and then turn their back on him and walk away like that."
"Just leave me alone Okita." I say keeping my voice level with some difficulty. "I need an hour or two to calm down before I end up doing or saying something I regret even more that I do now." Much to my surprise I get no response and then I sit Indian style and start a long meditation. Once I have calmed down sufficiently after about two or three hours I stand up and start to go through my paces for my newest exercise routine and before I realize it the sky has started to darken outside and I can barely see anything in my dark room. After going through my room trying to find some way to light the candle in my room and not finding anything I cross the room and reach for the screen door to see if I can find someone just as it slides open and find myself face to face with Yamazaki and a female I have not met yet holding a tray of food.
"Yamazaki," I say bowing my head towards him before stepping a few steps back to allow the two of them into my room. The female takes the tray to the table and sets it down on the low table next to the candle before pulling something out of her pocket and lighting the candle before turning to me with a bow.
"I am Chizuru Yukimura," she says, "I am pleased to meet you"
"I am Aryssa Tousani," I say returning her bow, "I am pleased to meet you as well."
"Would you please come over here so we can check your injury" Yamazaki says moving to stand beside Yukimura. "She will be assisting me today."
"Of course," I tell him crossing the room to join them. "My arm hurt a little bit when I was stretching earlier but other than that it hasn't caused me any problem since I do most things left handed anyway." With that I hold my arm out and watch as Yamazaki unwraps it waiting to see their reactions.
"You got this cut a few nights ago?" Yukimura asks me with a strange look on her face.
"Yeah, I told Yamazaki yesterday that I heal really quickly for some reason." I reply, "I've always been that way though. My Great Grandmother just told me it was because I was special and told me to keep it a secret for as long as I could. When I asked her why she simply told me that most people would be afraid of me if they found out about it. I figured that if the Shinsengumi let me live they would have someone taking care of my injury so I should let you guys know about it and hope that you are some of the people that accept the fact that I heal unusually fast."
"If your arm continues healing at this rate you should be back to normal by midday tomorrow." Yamazaki tells me.
"Is it really that much better?" I ask looking down at my arm and seeing only a faint scab. "I figured it would take at least a few more days to heal I was just being optimistic."
"Since it has healed remarkably will I do not see any point in rewrapping it now." Yamazaki says, "I will leave some bandages here and if your arm starts bleeding again you can wrap it yourself if you wish to do so." With that he leaves the room, as Yukimura goes to follow him out I grab her arm to stop her.
"Yukimura would you please stay here for a little while?" I ask
"Ok," She says, "But please call me Chizuru, I would like us to become friends."
"If you want me to than that is fine I was just being polite." I say and finally sit down in front of the food Chizuru had brought me. Once again I clasp my hands in front of me in thanks before starting to eat. After taking a few bites of my food I start talking to my new friend. "Hey Chizuru, do you mind if I ask you how you came to be here with the Shinsengumi?"
"Not at all," she replies, "They are helping me look for my father. He disappeared a few months ago and I came from Edo to find him. Actually from what I understand my first meeting with them was similar to yours. Okita, Souji, and Hijikata saved me from a few Rasetsu the night I arrived in Kyoko as well. "Once they heard my story and found out I was looking for my father they said that they had been looking for him as well and agreed to help me find him."
"Wow," I say and remember why I had asked her to stay behind, "By the way I asked you to stay behind because I wanted to ask if there was anywhere I could wash up. I haven't had a bath or anything for a few days and I feel kind of gross. I want to wash up and change clothes but since I don't have any other clothes with me I will just have to be fine with cleaning my skin until I can get ahold of more clothes."
"Actually there is a bathhouse nearby but it is all male so we would have to wait until late so we don't give away the fact that we are females." Chizuru says, "We would have to get permission from Hijikata to go but if he agrees to allow us to go I would be willing to take you and give you a change of clothing as well."
"Would you ask him for me?" I ask, "I seem to run away at the mouth whenever he speaks to me with that attitude of his. If I ask him I would probably just end up making him mad or vice versa and I wouldn't get permission."
