Hiyoke sat alone silently, pondering, as usual. Not only were her
eternal enemies still chasing after her, but some strange person she didn't
even know apparently was too. And to think these pitiful mortals thought
their lives were hard.
"Uh...hello?" someone said from behind her.
She turned around and stared at the boy standing behind her.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked calmly, still staring at him. He was probably the strangest looking human male she'd ever seen. Why? The hair almost as long and golden as hers was a hint.
"I heard this shrine wanted some help?" he said, rather strangely.
"...And you want to help?"
"Uh...yeah, I think so."
"You actually think you can?"
"Uh..." he thought about it for a moment and then realized what the correct answer would be. "I'll try my best."
She smiled slightly. "Alright, you're hired." She looked around. "Now go clean out the well."
"You got it," he said happily.
After he'd run off to complete his task, she returned to pondering the mysteries that awaited her.
* * *
A few hours later...
"Ah, hello, Taiyo...I see you've returned," Hiyoke commented to the cat.
"No, you must be mistaken," Taiyo retorted. "And where may I ask did you go off to?"
"Just making sure everything was alright around the city; no evil creatures, no nothing, so I returned as well. Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. We've acquired some help for the shrine. Apparently putting out those fliers was a good idea."
"Of course. I came up with it, didn't I? Male or female?"
"I think it's a male," she replied uncertainly.
"You think? You don't know?" Taiyo said, staring at her with disbelief.
"It's rather hard to tell."
"Alright, what's his/her name?"
"I don't know."
"You didn't ask?"
"Nope."
She sighed. For such an intelligent person, she sometimes wasn't very sensible. "You of all people, Hiyoke, should know not to just add a human you know nothing about to our list of humans that we're forced to be in contact with."
"Of course, Tai. But don't you trust my instincts?"
"As a matter of fact," Taiyo replied calmly, Your Majesty, I don't believe I do."
"Very well," Hiyoke said, even calmer, "I will find out what I can."
"Uh...hello?" someone said from behind her.
She turned around and stared at the boy standing behind her.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked calmly, still staring at him. He was probably the strangest looking human male she'd ever seen. Why? The hair almost as long and golden as hers was a hint.
"I heard this shrine wanted some help?" he said, rather strangely.
"...And you want to help?"
"Uh...yeah, I think so."
"You actually think you can?"
"Uh..." he thought about it for a moment and then realized what the correct answer would be. "I'll try my best."
She smiled slightly. "Alright, you're hired." She looked around. "Now go clean out the well."
"You got it," he said happily.
After he'd run off to complete his task, she returned to pondering the mysteries that awaited her.
* * *
A few hours later...
"Ah, hello, Taiyo...I see you've returned," Hiyoke commented to the cat.
"No, you must be mistaken," Taiyo retorted. "And where may I ask did you go off to?"
"Just making sure everything was alright around the city; no evil creatures, no nothing, so I returned as well. Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. We've acquired some help for the shrine. Apparently putting out those fliers was a good idea."
"Of course. I came up with it, didn't I? Male or female?"
"I think it's a male," she replied uncertainly.
"You think? You don't know?" Taiyo said, staring at her with disbelief.
"It's rather hard to tell."
"Alright, what's his/her name?"
"I don't know."
"You didn't ask?"
"Nope."
She sighed. For such an intelligent person, she sometimes wasn't very sensible. "You of all people, Hiyoke, should know not to just add a human you know nothing about to our list of humans that we're forced to be in contact with."
"Of course, Tai. But don't you trust my instincts?"
"As a matter of fact," Taiyo replied calmly, Your Majesty, I don't believe I do."
"Very well," Hiyoke said, even calmer, "I will find out what I can."