No idea what chapter...FINALLY UPDATED!! Chapter name: Dreams.
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Okay Ive just realised there is another chapter to post before this but who cares?
It was the same as always, the dream, another repeated dream. It was years since she had left the temple; leaving only after she had confirmed the absence of her brother; and her master.
She had not kept track of the years; she did not even know her own age any longer; she didn't care to know. She knew she was an adult though; at least; she thought she must be. Her body had matured, she had grown; her hair had grown with her; nowadays she had to pull it back to prevent it from dragging along the floor. She didn't care though, that it took so much effort to keep; she'd never cut her hair; she loved it – it linked her with her 'family'.
She had travelled to this town out of curiosity. She had heard a lot about the 'woman' of this town. She didn't know why; but she wanted to. She needed to know if there were any women she could talk to about; well, more female issues. Aside from the cook, who came sometimes to the temple, and the woman in town whom she and Kouryu sometimes visited on behalf of Kourmyu Sanzo, who was desperately ill (the woman that is), she had never really 'met' a woman before. She had grown up in a temple full of monks; none of whom had truly helped her figure out 'womanhood'. Her master had tried; he had in most terms, failed.
It was on this day that she had met him. She had seen him first from across a market square; where she had been collecting food supplies. At such a time she had not needed to spend money on hair dye and contacts; and in general, times had been better. Better in every sense; Youkai were still as friendly as they could have been.
Her first thought about the man was that he was attractive. Attractive was a word she had been mulling over a lot recently. She had found quite a few people attractive recently; some more than others. He was one of the more attractive of them. Of course; she had always known that people, and youkai were attractive. It was just that she hadn't noticed it with such vigour until lately. She supposed it came with the fact that she was now an 'adult'.
She hadn't managed to see him overly clearly on her first look; but she did like the way he looked even from a long way away. He had dark hair and eyes; he was tall and muscular, and he had queer markings on her face, which she recognised as a birthmark. Every yokai had them.
She also felt certain frustration. Being a half youkai, half human, she had no idea which species she was supposed to be drawn to; in a romantic sense, that was. On the contuary, she found members of both to be attractive. Admittedly; more often than not, it was the humans she found to be attractive. They seemed to smile fair bit more than the youkai. She prefered a smile to a frown anyday.
This youkai was grinning his face off. A sharp stab to her chest told her that she found this ridiculously appealing.
It had only taken a few moments; but he was out of sight almost as soon as she'd seen him.
She hadn't had to wait long to see him again. She'd left her things in her hotel room, and headed out towards the nearest bar, in hopes of maybe meeting a woman whom she could talk to properly. A friend really would be nice.
When she'd got to the bar, there was a selection of bar maids all wearing, well, not very much. She herself was very conservative - she tried to hide her body as much as possible. It wasn't that she didn't have a nice figure; she didn't have a half bad figure at all, it was that she just didn't feel comfortable with showing half as much flesh as the women behind the bar.
She decided to get a drink anyway, and ordered the special. She had no idea what it was, but when it came, it was pretty good. The drink was sweet, just the way she liked it.
The company, however, turned out not to be so sweet. Within minutes of getting herself a drink, several men had approached her. They were all humans. She looked them all over when she saw them. Two had light blonde hair, one had dark brown hair. None of them were particularly attractive; they all stunk of beer and looked rather menacing, in fact. She shied away from them immeadiatly.
Over the next few minutes they tried to 'pick her up', or at least, that's what she assumed they were trying to do. They asked her to dance, they tried to buy her very strong alcohol, and one even had the cheek to suggest that she left with them. As if she would, she had scoffed in her mind. The warning signals were going off though, when one of them reached out towards her; very obviously trying to grope her. Unfortunatly, in the crowded bar, she had nowhere to move; and she was a little frightened.
When the hand was slapped away, she was pretty damn surprised. She looked up to see the dark skin of the youkai from the market above her. She felt his arm wrap around her shoulders protectivly, and watched as he proceeded to threaten the humans in a very low, menacing voice.
When he was finished, the men made a pretty hasty exit from the bar; and to her disopointment, he pulled his arm away.
He looked down at her and smiled, "you okay pretty lady?" he asked her. She could only nod her head in reply. He kept smiling though, and ordered up some more drinks for the two of them. This time, she accepted; and was pleased to find that he had ordered her the same drink that she'd had before.
They'd gotten talking that night. He was the first person ever who had told her she was beautiful. He'd played with her hair the same way Kouryu and her master had done. For the first time since her brother had left; she felt really happy. She felt beautiful and happy; the way every girl should feel.
She hadn't wanted to part with him that night; and though her head was against it; her heart convinced her to follow the guy. Sometimes the heart was right over the head, she had not left his side since that night.
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