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R/N: Why are you all quivering and running about like mad... men...? Ohh, right, sorry about my eyes... A-anyways, please don't tell Master that I made a mistake, and gave so many humans lunacy, okay? ...Okay? ! I don't want to be punished...!
Two hours before sunrise, Bamboo Forest of the Lost:
Where is she...? Rumia said she'd come pick me up, but it's been awhile now, and still no Rumia!
I slowly walked about, boar in tow, going in a direction that didn't smell of blood. Eventually, I'll find the damn exit, simply by process of elimination!
While growling to myself, I didn't notice a rather obvious pitfall trap, and ended up falling in.
"Ahaha, how dumb can you get, Udonge? How did you even manage to fall in my boar trap...?" Udonge? Who? I tried to move, feeling a horrible pain in my gut, due to a sharpened spike at the bottom of the pit.
"Owww..." I couldn't say much more, as I was doing my best to pull myself free, slowly un-impaling myself from the stake in my belly.
"Ohh crap, you're not Reise- Ohh, nice boar, usa!" Ehh? How does she know my name?
I looked up to see the face of a small girl with short brown hair, and a pair of floppy bunny ears atop her head, look down at me. Her eyes were a deep shade of red, just a bit brighter than blood. Around her neck, there was a small carrot charm, which hung over the edge of the rather deep pit.
Slowly the hole in my gut began to close up, healing any damage, internal or otherwise, that I had sustained.
"C-can you move for a moment...? I don't want to hit you with the boar..." The rabbit eared girl scampered away, and a moment later I tossed the boar from the pit. I may have used a bit too much strength, as the boar flew a few metres into the air, before landing with a heavy thud beside the pit.
I tried several times to hop out of the pit, but fell back in each time, as the rim made of dirt crumbled from my attempts.
"You need help, usa?" The small rabbit girl dangled her hand into the pit.
I jumped as high as I could, and grabbed her hand, which was followed by the rabbit-eared girl swiftly pulled me from her trap as soon as she had a firm grip.
"S-sorry about your pit..." I couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl in the pink dress, as I had ruined her trap.
"Ohh, it's nothing! There's another hundred twenty-two throughout the forest, so I'll be fine, usa!" The girl giggled at my worry, as she was used to others getting angry at her over falling into her pits, and doubly so if they fall onto a spike.
"Umm... How do you know my nickname...?" I couldn't help but ask the rather obvious question, which got me a raised brow from the slightly shorter girl.
"Err... I don't, usa." Ehh? But... she just said it again...?
Just then, Rumia came hurtling towards the ground from above the bamboo.
"Usagi, sorry I'm late, ehehe... I umm... I didn't want to come untill I had caught an actual animal, but I never did, and- Ohh my, that's a big boar!" Rumia was lying through her teeth; she had actually spent all that time trying to look into something that was a matter of life and death, with the help of Marisa.
"Ehh...?" The rabbit girl was confused by this, as well as her seemingly being the target of the apology
"Ahh, she means me... My name is Usagi Scarlet, and you are?" I gave a suddenly charismatic smile.
"T-the name's Inaba Tewi, usa! You can call me Tewi, though..." Tewi was taken by surprise by my sudden charisma attack, not expecting such a thing from one covered in dried blood and dirt, as taking out a boar by the throat with your face, or falling into a pit full of loose packed dirt, were both rather messy affairs.
"Ohh, hey Twei." Rumia hadn't noticed Tewi at first.
The first crack of dawn had arived, bringing with it a slight sting.
"Oww..." I winced, and Rumia cursed under her breath.
"Dammit... Usa, we're gonna have to hurry, or we're gonna become a bit crispy! Sorry, but we've no time for chit-chat, so we'll be taking our leave now, Tewi!" Rumia grabbed me, slinging me over her shoulder, before grabbing the boar by the hind legs, and sprinting off.
Tewi waved good-bye, slightly confused by the sudden exit, while Rumia ran off with a pair of meaty weights in tow at breakneck speeds.
As she ran, the stinging began to increase, and Rumia put up a 95% darkness bubble, so as to still be able to see, yet not get burned as of yet. As of right now, we were probably looking a bit sun burned, but that's nothing compared to what it could be.
"Ohh, that feels much better~!" I couldn't help but point out that I preffered to not get a sunburn, which I hadn't a clue as to exactly how bad it would be.
"Well, it's not gonna last long, Usa... Give it another five minutes, and the light'll start burning again... Thankfully we'll be at Cirno's house by then, though!" Even though she had run for about 7 minutes strait, Rumia hadn't even broken a sweat, and could speak just fine.
"Grar! Stop right there, there's a toll..." Rumia ran passed the particularly fierce looking Boar Youkai, paying it no mind. "...to cross this... road..." The Youkai was dumbfounded at what had just happened; as far as he knew, a ball of darkness flew past him, dragging a boar the size of him.
"Boss! Dat git just ran past us like we was nofin'!" His green skinned companion angrily complain.
"...Saw nothing..." The Boar Youkai mumbled to himself. "I saw nothing, and I'm sure you saw nothing too, right?" The Youkai's expression was that of fear.
"R-right. No gits 'ere." The green skinned Youkai had the most awkward of grins on his face; just what could his boss be so afraid of...?
Rumia began to slow down, as we were finally about to arive.
She let go of the boar, and it began to tumble for a bit before slowly comming to a halt by the door, only moments after we had passed the threshold.
"Chin~ Chin~!" In the distance, Mystia let out her usual cry, signifying that day had come.