Miyako remained silent, watching the brown haired girl in front of her, before she turned and retreated back inside the living room.
Chapter Fourteen- Kyo's Pov
Tohru was left stuttering in the hallway.
"Welcome back! And you've brought your friends! High school girls, high school girls." Shigure skipped towards us, smiling widely.
But there was no Miyako to slap him for being a pervert. Although she didn't have to, Uo took care of that, and sent Shigure whimpering into the living room to join his sister.
Speaking of which, I wondered what happened to her. One minute she was happy, excited, and nervous, and then the next, she was glaring and silent.
"Who was, who was that? Did I frighten her? Did I do something?" Tohru gushed.
"No, no, it's just her. I'll let the dog explain it." I sighed, and walked the three girls into the dining room, followed closely by Yuki.
"Should I start dinner? You all must have starved while I was away, oh I should have left some food prepared for you" Tohru began, but Yuki cut her off.
"We were fine, and don't worry about dinner, we already prepared it.
I could see a flash of worry as Tohru imagined the kitchen burned to a crisp, but as soon as she saw the food, a flash of relief and happiness crossed her face.
"Wow! This is amazing!" She gasped, and Uo and Hana nodded in agreement, and we all sat down.
"Who cooked it?" Hana asked.
Yuki and I remained silent.
Suddenly, a blur of orange black and green, a figure darted past us and slipped through the paper door.
Shigure came running out of the living room in pursuit but it was much too late, Miyako was already gone.
"What was that all about?" Uotani asked, looking at the other two girls.
Then, it all made since, why Miyako was so nervous, why there was a sudden change in her behavior. Tohru, Arisa, and Hana were all girls, women. Before they arrived, Miyako had been with us, three men. Before Miyako had come to us, she was with male monks, and before that, she had known only Ren, the doctor, Hatori, Ayame, and Shigure. All of which were male except for one, Ren. Ren, who tortured and most likely hurt Miyako in more than just a physical way, was a woman. Ren is the only woman that Miyako can ever remember seeing in her lifetime.
Shigure stopped and sat down, realizing it was hopeless.
"Nothing really, Miyako just gets a little nervous with company." He said, rubbing the back of his neck.
I got up.
"I'll go find her." I offered.
Tohru smiled at my unexpected concern.
"Ah, that would be wonderful. Yuki, why don't you go with him, then I'll have high school girls all to myself, high school girls, high sch" Shigure was cut off by Yuki.
"I'll stay." He glared at the dog.
I nodded, and then exited out the paper door, and into the woods, trying to find any signs of the girl.
But there were none, it was like she had just disappeared.