Hi there. Thanks for all the people reading this. Anyway back to the story.
Zazie's POV
I can't believe what just happened. Why would she help me? I was being rude to her yet she risks a lot just so I wouldn't get injured. It's late now and everyone is asleep except me, the thought of her is keeping me up. I looked over to where she was and she was completely still and covered head to toe in blankets. Honestly, if you didn't know what was under those, you'd think it was a dead body. I fixed my position and I was laying down watching the stars. Maybe I should try to get some sleep.
~~Time skip~~
"Zazie… wake up … wake up wake up wake up!" I opened my eyes slowly and was nearly given a heart attack when I realized her face was inches from mine, when I muttered a 'good morning' though she moved away. I sat up and noticed that Lag was tending to the fire while the dingoes were still asleep. Wait… where's Nathalia? She was here one ******* minute ago! I looked around again but still no sign of her. That girl is a pain in the ***.
"Lag. Where's Nathalia?" At that question Lag seemed to grin and he said he didn't know. I then joined him by the fire to eat and after a while Nathalia joined us. Turns out she just went to the lake for a bath… why was I even worried?
"So… Nathalia… how did you turn a chain sickle into a longbow? I've never heard of a shindanjuu that can change form before… "All of us looked at Lag and I finally realized it too. She sipped from her drink and raised her eyebrow and gave a sigh of defeat.
"I knew you were gonna ask that…. Well… when I was a kid, actually when I was 6 my family was killed and I was taken to some lab hidden deep in the mountains somewhere in Yodaka. They tested some experiments on me. I'm someone… that's unable to become spirit…" I accidentally chocked on my drink and Lag's jaw is now hanging.
"As I was saying… I'm one unable to become spirit but I'm different. Notice how I don't have scars or marks or animal or plant like appearance… except for my sharp canines. Since I was mixed with different things, I still have some of their abilities. I have incredibly strong senses, I can jump high…not as high as Niche though…and I have a strong heart. I also have the ability to make my heart take form, not like your bullets, but I can make my heart turn into tangible things that have the same abilities as your ordinary shindan. When it comes in contact with the gaps of gaichuus, the gaichuus still explode. I can turn it into practically any weapon I want as long as I have a spirit amber. Like this."
She held her necklace and soon there was a sword in her hands. It was slightly glowing and it looked like a real sword.
"Of course I can also fire a shindanjuu but that will cost me more heart than just making my own weapon. My heart is different from everyone and by everyone, I really mean everyone. You can make your heart take form, that's what I also do but only on a different level. But even if I can turn it into weapons of different sorts, I still have limits. I can only make my heart form into a limited number of things. Anyway that's about it for the explanation on my shindan and shidanjuu." She then sipped her drink casually but I didn't move an inch and so did Lag. Only when the dingoes wake up that we move. Soon we were back on the road on the way to Spring Hollow.
The whole trip was pretty uneventful. Nathalia still managed to kill some Daikiris that got in our way easily. She really is fast in killing gaichuus, even with an injury. Me, Lag and Niche didn't dare to interfere every time she killed gaichuus. Last time someone (me) interfered… It didn't end so well.
We stopped for a break and it looks like we will be in Spring Hollow by night.
"So…. I bet you guys are weirded out huh?" She spoke softly and she looked at us with a sad smile.
"It's not really weird but I guess it's not every day that we meet someone like you." I tried my best not to show too much emotion because I don't know what will happen if she thinks that I don't like her. Wait what?
After the break we went on walking and we finally reached Spring Hollow.
"It's already late for us to deliver. Let's get to an inn first and just deliver the letters in the morning." We followed Lag's suggestion and we stayed at an inn called Honey Love. It looked like the typical inn with the small lobby and even smaller rooms, although ours had a small bathroom, one bed, a fireplace, a small terrace and a couch. Nathalia and Niche took the bed while Lag had the couch and I stayed on the floor. Not that I mind though but for Niche…. It took so much effort to make her agree on the place where she'll sleep. I couldn't sleep so I just sat by the fire until I finally felt drowsy.
"Zazie…" I heard my name being called faintly and I knew it was Nathalia. But why?
I walked to her side of the bed and looked at her. It's my first time seeing her sleeping face since every time we all sleep… she is covered in at least two blankets. I wanted to reach out to her and stay beside her in place of Niche…what the hell did I just say? Damn woman… The things you do to me. I should really get some sleep now. This is stupid, why is my heart beating so fast? What is she doing to me? This is just plain ****.
