Chapter 3. Uncovered Powers
Kaori woke up in the morning feeling refreshed. She leaned back knowing she'd find a hard boulder behind her. However, the boulder seemed to have gotten softer. She looked back and saw that she wasn't anywhere near the stream! Kaori panicked for a moment before remembering Inu. Where was he?
She shivered then a blanket fell over her. She looked up to see Inu dressed in a red kimono holding a rusty old sword. He was standing in a tree. Relief washed over her. She wanted to ask about the relic but decided not to.
"Konishiwa, glad to see you're awake, Kaori-san."
He remembers my name! I guess he wasn't talking in his sleep.
"Morning Inu-chan. Where did you get these items?"
Inu grinned and jumped down. "Glad to see you remember my name, Kaori-san," Inu replied. A shadow fell over his face as he continued, "These items are originally my family's things that the Rineshinzo gang stole." A growl escaped his lips, but he said, "Nothing you should worry about, Kaori-san." He smiled again.
Kaori smiled too and asked, "Where are we?"
Inu shot a glance at the woods around them before saying, "The Deep Forest."
Kaori replied, "Really?"
Inu seemed to have chosen that moment to trip on a rock and fall on his back.
"Ow!"
Kaori rushed over to Inu who was groaning in pain. She gathered some leaves and other soft things to cushion his head, then turned him over. She couldn't tell how badly he was hurt, just by looking at his kimono, so she turned him over again and undid the top part of Inu's kimono. Now she flipped Inu onto his stomach and gasped.
His back still hasn't healed! Oh no. Poor Inu.
Inu opened one eye and said, "It's not that big of a deal, you know."
"To me it is." With that, Kaori bent down and touched one of the whiplashes. When she lifted her hand, there was no sign of there ever being a whiplash there!
"Hey, Kaori-san, what are you doing back there?"
'Um. Before I answer the question, Inu-chan, I want you to know you can call me just plain Kaori."
"Okay, Kaori, and you can call me Inu."
"That's fine with me. Anyways, Inu, for your question, I don't know. I just touched one of your wounds and it just disappeared. Inu, what did I do?"
Inu smiled and replied, "You have powers. I saw you firing those power arrows and now you're healing me."
"Really?"
"I'm positive. All you have to do is focus your energy."
Therefore, Kaori spent the next hour or so fixing up Inu's back.
Kaori woke up in the morning feeling refreshed. She leaned back knowing she'd find a hard boulder behind her. However, the boulder seemed to have gotten softer. She looked back and saw that she wasn't anywhere near the stream! Kaori panicked for a moment before remembering Inu. Where was he?
She shivered then a blanket fell over her. She looked up to see Inu dressed in a red kimono holding a rusty old sword. He was standing in a tree. Relief washed over her. She wanted to ask about the relic but decided not to.
"Konishiwa, glad to see you're awake, Kaori-san."
He remembers my name! I guess he wasn't talking in his sleep.
"Morning Inu-chan. Where did you get these items?"
Inu grinned and jumped down. "Glad to see you remember my name, Kaori-san," Inu replied. A shadow fell over his face as he continued, "These items are originally my family's things that the Rineshinzo gang stole." A growl escaped his lips, but he said, "Nothing you should worry about, Kaori-san." He smiled again.
Kaori smiled too and asked, "Where are we?"
Inu shot a glance at the woods around them before saying, "The Deep Forest."
Kaori replied, "Really?"
Inu seemed to have chosen that moment to trip on a rock and fall on his back.
"Ow!"
Kaori rushed over to Inu who was groaning in pain. She gathered some leaves and other soft things to cushion his head, then turned him over. She couldn't tell how badly he was hurt, just by looking at his kimono, so she turned him over again and undid the top part of Inu's kimono. Now she flipped Inu onto his stomach and gasped.
His back still hasn't healed! Oh no. Poor Inu.
Inu opened one eye and said, "It's not that big of a deal, you know."
"To me it is." With that, Kaori bent down and touched one of the whiplashes. When she lifted her hand, there was no sign of there ever being a whiplash there!
"Hey, Kaori-san, what are you doing back there?"
'Um. Before I answer the question, Inu-chan, I want you to know you can call me just plain Kaori."
"Okay, Kaori, and you can call me Inu."
"That's fine with me. Anyways, Inu, for your question, I don't know. I just touched one of your wounds and it just disappeared. Inu, what did I do?"
Inu smiled and replied, "You have powers. I saw you firing those power arrows and now you're healing me."
"Really?"
"I'm positive. All you have to do is focus your energy."
Therefore, Kaori spent the next hour or so fixing up Inu's back.
