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Chapter. 2 The Enemy of My Enemy.
Four hours later:
The fire cracked as smoke flew through the open roof of a destroyed tower into the night sky. William looked at the dagger above the flame as the Nobushi sat on some stone across the circular room of the ruins staring at him with her mask still on. His armor was piled neatly next to him with his sword and the small fire in the center of the room. William took the dagger out of the fire and carefully took his shirt and bandages off the spear wound. It was hours ago but all the cloth seemed to do was slow the bleeding enough for him to move.
William took the cloth and put in his mouth, tasting the iron and feeling the blood running down his chin he closed his eyes and pressed the side of the dagger to the wound cauterizing it and cooking his chest in the process. The Nobushi sat in the corner with a firm grip of her Naginata and kept a very close eye on her "prisoner" she watched him all up to point he pressed the dagger to his chest, she could hear his muffled scream and saw as the blood bubbled away from the dagger being pressed into his chest all while the smell of cooking meat filled her nose, even under her mask if filled her nose.
William looked at the ground and took long deep breaths as he continued to press the red-hot dagger to his chest feeling the flames and hot sting. He took the dagger off his chest and dropped it as he spit the cloth out of his mouth taking a deep breath of the air and was glad he wasnt tasting iron. He looked at the Nobushi who was staring at him as he walked over to the huge hole in the side of the tower and leaned on the side feeling the crisp air gently sweep.
"fuck me" William closed his eyes heard the air and fire. "so do you speak English, or just that phrase?" the nobushi stood up and tossed a log on the fire before she sat back down again.
"I speak your language" William turned around.
"so she speaks, now does she have a name?"
"you do not need to know my name, only that I need your help" William walked over to the flame again and set the dagger back into it.
"well now I'm puzzled, you don't tell me what you need or your name so I'm curious if you just need help with that wound on your side, and your arm" She clasped her side trying to hide the cut underneath her jerkin. "I saw them when you dealt with your friend in the forest"
"he was not my friend" the Nobushi clasped the shaft of her spear again visibly angry.
Relax, it was a figure of speech, take off your jerkin and lift up your shirt.
"I'm not going to stick that knife to my side" William rolled his eyes.
"its how your gonna clean your wound"
"I will not" William looked at her with a more frustrated face.
"fine" William took the knife off the flame and dropped it onto the rock before he slid his shirt back on and adjusted his back standards enough to make a pillow and laid down.
"what are you doing?"
"sleeping" William laid on his back and looked through the hole when he felt the cold steel of her Naginata on his throat again. "either kill me or let me sleep" he felt her blade on him for a good minute before it seemed like she gave up and walked over to her place again.
"you are not what I thought in the forest" William placed his arms under his head and closed his eyes.
"be quiet I'm trying to sleep, or would you prefer I look at that wound?"
"I said your not going to have that dagger on my side" William grunted and sat up on his left arm looking at her.
"look, unless you have a kit to stitch it closed, your gonna either bleed out or let me cauterize it, your choice" William sat there looing at her pale mask before she set her weapon down and slowly took off her jerkin. William sat up and put the now cooled off dagger back into the flame and looked over to her again.
"I'm William by the way" the Nobushi sat there as William looked into her green eyes the broke through the mask. "you gonna tell me your name yet?" she looked at the ground as she walked over and sat down by the fire.
"Sayori" William stoked the fire with the dagger noticing the blade was he then pulled it out.
"you have anything to bite down on, now would be the time" Sayori took off her hat and lifted the mask on her face barley enough to expose her mouth. William watched as she took a handful of the rope from her waist and placed them in her mouth, William took the dagger from the fire and readied it as Sayori lifted her shirt and exposed the gash on her side.
William looked at it and noticed it was far worse than he expected.
"this is gonna hurt like something worse then you've ever felt"
"just do it already" Sayori muttered from underneath the rope in her mouth William took a deep breath as he moved the dagger above her wound and pressed it into her side. Sayori bit down hard on the rope and for a few seconds as the dagger was placed on her side. however, it didn't last before she grabbed Williams hands and shoved the dagger off her side. spitting out the rope she groaned and screamed as she tenderly touched the wound and started to cry as she noticed it didn't close or fully cauterize.
"I know it hurts but I need to do it" Sayori nodded as she stood up and walked over to her Naginata. She spun it around and stabbed the blade into the side of a rotten wooden door. She took off her shirt fully exposing the wound into the air and causing William to focus on the dagger he re-inserted into the fire. Sayori took the rope from the ground and placed it next to William who she made look up at her.
"I won't do it voluntary, I need you to tie me up. William looked at her green eyes behind the mask and stood up and followed her to the embedded weapon. He tied her to the center of the shaft and made sure the wrap she wore for her Breasts wasn't messy or going to be in the way when he had to clean the wound.
"your flask, is it sake?" Sayori nodded as she looked over to it. William took it off the rocks and opened it and taking a large swig of the rice liquor before he walked back to her. "you want a swig? It might help before I pour it onto the wound. She nodded as William went to lift the mask. he took the mask off slightly above her mouth when she spoke up.
"not all the way!" William stopped and retracted his arm as he didn't touch the mask but instead held the jug to her lips letting her take as much as she wanted. William put the cork back onto the jug and set it down, he noticed some rope dangling to her side and picked it up and held it at her mouth which she gladly took. He walked to the fire and back picking the jug up again and placing it above the wound pouring it and wincing as he heard her squeal from the sting and looked at her again.
"now the hard part" William placed his right arm onto the opposite waist and placed the dagger back onto the wound. She screamed louder this time as the dagger was placed directly on one side of the wound. Closing his eyes, he could hear as her skin sizzled and smelt the cooking flesh again. 30 seconds of burning her side William took the dagger off and looked at the wound noticing it seemed to look good and looked up to see her slumped over and passed out from the pain.
Gently, William set the dagger down and untied Sayori as he laid her down close to the fire and moved her mask down all the way and propped her head up with the makeshift pillow he used and looked at the small blade nick on her arm.
"not big enough to worry about, or deep enough for the matter" William gently shifted her enough to place her shirt and jerkin both back on her before he walked over to his slightly bloody shirt and put it on the proceeded to grab his sword. Only wearing the bottom half of his armor and his standards William took one of the logs halfway in the fire and fashioned a makeshift torch and walked out of the doorway and back out into the forest.
Feeling the cold night made him jumpy and nervous as he looked and soon found the leaves and berries he needed for a poultice and shoved a handful into his mouth and grabbed enough for more. Making his way back to the tower William felt eyes on him, peering into dark forest something, or someone was close by but that wasn't why he was on edge in the moment, it was that they saw him and he was blind. Trying his best William shook of the feeling and headed his way back to the ruin. Aside from his own strides, William could here the strides of someone else's at the same pace as his own, a few feet away from the door William stopped and placed the torch in the niche between some branches and placed the berries and leaves onto the ground next to the steps.
William readied himself in a defensive stance and rested the blade on his right arm, his left shoulder was killing him but if the bridge didn't kill him, he refused to die here. Two black iron clad warriors stepped out of the shadows, one carrying a flail and shield and the other wielded a halberd, the two men stepped out staring straight at the un-armored William, looked at each other and seemed to chuckle.
"if you are knights, I am a warden and wish you to go in peace, I do not wish to kill you" William tightened the grip on his sword and maintained eye contact with the man dangling the flail.
"you think we care who you are?" the man in full plate spoke up as he walked forward raising the weapon.
"why do you wear the armor and wield the weapons of knights than. The man with the shield turned it enough that William could see the remnants of the symbol for the Blackstone legion.
"so, your fallen than" he couldn't see their faces but he could tell they were smiling "and what are members of the fallen legion doing in these territories?"
"you think we give a fuck about the laws a dead warden commander?" William took a breath and raised himself ready to receive a blow.
"get on with it than" William took a deep breath as the halberd came down from the top and the flail came to his right, William brought his sword up catching the blade and sliding it down and tying the chain around the head of the halberd, William slid his sword out and slammed his shoulder into the man in full plate knocking the halberd out of his hand and forcing him to the ground. William groaned as he felt the sting from his wound and adjusted his shirt to see if it opened back up. William saw a little blood trickle from his shoulder but couldn't tell if it was from it re opening or from closing the wound and the general contact.
Going back to the fight William looked up just in time to duck below the shield and slam the hilt of his sword into the other man's chest. Hearing the moan that came from him William ripped the helmet off of him and slammed it against his face knocking him back. William raised his sword and brought it down from the top cleaving into the man's shoulder and bringing him to his knees. William brought his sword out and dropped the man to the ground and looked over to the other man who raised his hands in defense.
William pointed the tip of his blade over to the man on the ground.
"I find you again and you'll get worse than him" William pointed to the corpse while he maintained eye contact with the man on the ground before he ran back into the woods. William sighed and walked over to the ruins before he sat down on the ground and took a deep breath. He regained conscious a few moments later and remembered the leaves and berries and grabbed them.
He set his sword down by the entrance of the tower and slowly walked up the stairs to the unconscious Sayori and walked over to the fire. William took the berries and the leaves and rolled the berries into the leaves and inserted them into his mouth grinding them into a paste. he spit them put just as quickly and rubbed them onto his spear wound. After sighing an feeling some relief he walked over and sat down next to Sayori as he put another few leaves and berries into his mouth and made the combo again, this time he had enough that he lathered enough onto the wound that he cauterized and then had just enough to get the entirety of the cut on her arm.
William leaned back and fell to the floor out of exhaustion and tried to fight his eyes falling but finally gave in and fell asleep.
Morning
William woke to the sound of rain and birds as he looked up rain came from the holes in the top of the ceiling. He looked over to see not only his armor still in their spot but Sayori still laying down in the position she was in when he left her. groaning as he got up William leaned over and pressed two fingers onto Sayori's neck feeling a pulse, still pumping at a reasonable rate.
"so she's alive, good" William looked down and carefully took his standards out from under her head. He looked over to his armor and stood up before he inched his way over his gear when he heard rustling behind him. William turned to see Sayori slowly sitting up and feeling her side and arm.
"what is this on me?" William looked over as he put his gar on one piece at a time. William stood up and walked over to Sayori as he tightened the strap around his left pauldron before he set down the helm in his free hand.
"it's a mixture of herbal berries and leaves at help heal a burn and prevent infection. Sayori looked at the green dry mixture on her side.
"is it safe to take off?" William nodded as he picked his helm off the pillar and looked at Sayori who was brushing off the dried mixture off her wound. "what if it hurts again?"
"well, we're still in Ashfield, they grow everywhere and I'm sure they grow anywhere that's not cold so I think you'll be fine. Sayori looked at her armor before she quickly put it on. William looked at her as he held off on putting his helmet on to answer a question.
"so do you trust me enough now, or am I still your prisoner?" Sayori took a minute to answwr before she looked at William with eyes behind that snow white mask.
"both, I trust you but I need you to be a prisoner" William sighed and placed his helm on his head and looked out the hole in the wall.
"what is your plan Sayori?"
"I do not know where your friends are, but right now I need to find my own to stop Honda before its too late" William looked over to her.
"who's Honda?" Sayori looked at William with piercing eyes as she picked up her Naginata and walked to the hole next to William. She stayed silent before she nudged her head to the stairs.
"we need to get a move on"
"would you mind telling me where it is we're going?" Sayori didn't look back as she shouted from the steps.
"Further in land, closer to the Myre, where I was supposed to meet the others" William grabbed his sword as he followed her down the steps, out of the tower and soon the forest.
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